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Alumnae College Events
Reading List to prepare for Winter
Forums 1994: Health Care
"Health Care Reform" by Rashi Fein. Scien-
tific American. November 1992, Vol. 267,
no. 5. page 46
"A picture of health: Clinton's plan to re-
form the health care system will require
better data" by Sara Collins. U.S. News &
World Report, April 19, 1993, Vol. 114,
no. 15, page 46
"Health Care Dollars." Consumer Reports.
July 1992
"Health Care in Crisis: Are HMOs the
Answer?" Consumer Reports. August 1992
"Health Care in Crisis: The Search for Solu-
tions" Consumer Reports. September 1992
"How America's Health Care Fell 111" by
John Steele Gordon. American Heritage,
May-June 1992, Vol. 43, no. 3, page 49
(Those planning to attend the Winter
Fonims are encouraged to keep abreast
of health care reform through local and
national news media.)
Reading List for those interested
in the February 1994 Alumnae
College Tour: Bali and Beyond —
the Indonesian Archipelago
For Bali:
Excellent Guidebook, Bali: Tlje Emerald
Isle, Passport's Regional Guides of
Indonesia, Periplus, 1990
Bandum, I. Made & Fredrik E. deBoer,
Kaja and Kelod: Balinese Dance in
Transition, Oxford University Press,
Kuala Lumpur, 1981
Baum. Vicki, A Tale from Bali, Oxford
University Press, Singapore, 1986
Belo, Jane, Temple Festival, University of
Washington Press, Seattle, 1966
Bernet, Kempers, Monumental Bali,
Periplus Editions, Berkeley, 1990
Covarrubias, Miguel, Island of Bali, Oxford
University Press, Singapore, 1986
Djelantik, Dr. A. A. M., Balinese Painting,
Oxford University Press. Singapore, 1987
Eiseman, Fred B., Bali: Sekala & Niskala.
Essays on Religion, Ritual and Art,
Periplus Editions, Berkeley. 1986
Eiseman, Fred B., Woodcarvings of Bali,
Periplus Editions, Berkeley, 1988
Hauser-Schaublin, Brigitta, Nabholz-
Kartaschoff, Marie-Louise, Ramseyer, Urs,
Textiles in Bali. Periplus Editions,
Berkeley, 1991
Holt, Claire, Art in Indonesia: Continuities
and Change, Cornell University Press,
Ithaca, 1967
Lueras, Leonard, Bali: Tloe Ultimate Island.
Times Editions, 1988
McPhee, Colin, A House in Bali. Oxford
University Press, Singapore, 1986
Ramseyer, Urs, The Art and Culture of Bali,
Oxford University Press, Singapore, 1986
Zoete, Beryl de & Spies, 'Walter, Dance
and Drama in Bali, Oxford University
Press, Singapore, 1987
For Java:
Excellent Guidebook, fava. Garden of
Eden. Passport's Regional Guides of
Indonesia. 1991
Aart van Beek, life in the Javanese Kraton.
Oxford University Press, Singapore, 1990
Bellwood, Peter, Pre-History of the Indo-
Malaysian Archipelago. Academic Press,
Australia, 1985
Bernet, Kempers, A.J.. Ancient Indonesian
Art, 1959
Elliott, Inger McCabe, Batik, Fabled Cloth
of Java, Clarkson N. Potter, 1984
Fontein, Jan, The Sculpture of Indonesia,
The National Gallery of Art, New York,
1990
Gittinger, Mattiebelle, Splendid Symbols:
Textiles and Tradition in Indonesia. 1979
Jessep, Helen, Court Arts of Indonesia. Asia
Society, 1990
Miksic, John, Borobudur, Golden Tales of
the Buddha. Shambala, Boston, 1990
Smithies, Michael, Yogyakarta: Cultural
Heart of Indonesia, Oxford University
Press, Singapore, 1986
Raffles, T. S., Tlje Histor)' of Java. Oxford in
Asia Reprint, 1817
Cassettes of recent Alumnae College events are available, offering the opportunity
to continue learning at your convenience — while taking a break or in your car. For
information on how to order the following cassettes, see p. 30.
Winter Forums 1993: Jefferson
The Enlightenment Mind of Thomas Jefferson : Merrill D. Peterson, Thomas Jefferson
Professor Emeritus, UVA
Thomas Jefferson, Plantation Manager. Lucia C, Stanton, Director of Research, the
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc.
Jefferson and the Wall of Separation between Church and State: Barbara A, Perry, SBC
Associate Professor of Government
Jeffersonian Architecture: James Murray Howard, AIA, Architect for the Historic Buildings
and Grounds, UVA
Ewald Scholars Program 1993: American Indian Visions
The Seven Sisters: N. Scott Momaday
Landscape and Human Identity: The Relationship between the Industrial Exploitation of
Earth and Torture, Mutilation. Rape, and Serial Killers: Leslie Silko
Respect for the Earth: Charlotte Black Elk
Lakol Wicohan: The Sacred Way of Life: Martin Brokenleg
Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation: Wilma Mankiller
The Monacan Indian: Reclaiming a Heritage: Phyllis Hicks
Education: Past, Present, and Future: Ray Adams
American Indian Treaty Rights: Oren Lyons
Zuni Past, Present, and Future: The Role of Heritage and Historical Presentation:
Roger Anyon
Panel with all speakers
Seeing is Believing: The Destiny of the American Indian: Kevin Locke
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Hurray for 1943! Dolores Cheatham Jones, Reunion Chair for '43, accepts the Nancy Dowd Burton Award (above left),
presented annually to the Class making the largest Reunion Gift, and the Participation Award (above right) for Classes
Celebrating the 25th-50th Reunions ('43 showed a soaring 93% participation!).
FALL 1993
VOL. 64, NO. 1
FEATURES
Alumnae College Events inside front cover
Comnnencement Honors 2
Alumnae Relatives in the Class of 1993 4
Quick Facts About Recent Graduates 5
Proud To Be A Woman 6
In the Name of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit 17
Reunion Scrapbook 20
Gifts from the Book Shop 26
College Calendar back cover
DEPARTMENTS
Club Corner 9
Mini Reunions 19
In the Spotlight ; 12
Notices and Recent Deaths 30
Class Notes 31
In the Sweet Briar Tradition inside back cover
Cover Photo: Autumn comes to the Quad. Cover Photo by Charles Shoffner
Sweet Briar College Alumnae Magazine (ISSN 0039-7342). Issued four times yearly: fall, winter, spring and summer by Sweet Briar College.
Second Class postage paid at Sweet Briar, VA 24595 and Lynchburg VA 24506. Printed by Progress Printing Co., Lynctiburg, VA 24502. Send
form 3579 to Sweet Briar College. Box E, Sweet Briar, Va 24595. Telephone (804) 381 -61 31 .
ALUMNAE MAGAZINE
1
The Emilie Watts McVea Scholar
Debra Ann Elkins, Amherst, VA, the
highest-ranking mennber of the Class of
1993
The Penelope Czarra Award
Sherani Amarasinghe, Sri Lanka
This award honors the senior who best
combines scholastic achievement, stu-
dent leadership, and effective contribu-
tions to the quality of life at the College.
The Connie M. Guion Award
Amy Knight Mulock, Darien, CT and
Karen Kay Pierce, Spring, TX
This is given to a senior for her
excellence as a human being and as a
member of the College.
The Walker Family Award
Debra Ann Elkins, Amherst, VA
and Srinka Ghosh, Calcutta, India
This award honors a senior with high
scholastic standing who has a cheerful,
positive disposition and shows warmth,
generosity, and humility.
The Maxine Garner Prize in Religion
Merlyn Martin Carroll, Concord, VA
The Lawrence Nelson Award for
Excellence in English
Beverly Campbell Massie, Lowesville,
VA and Amy Knight Mulock, Darien, CT
The Wall Street Journal Achievement
Award for Excellence in Economics
Kristina Kukk, Estonia
The Leigh Woolverton Prize
for Excellence in the Visual Arts
Ellen Eriksen Ober, Orange, VA
The James Lewis Howe Award in
Chemistry
Jennifer Kaolin Jarvis, Bakersville, NC
L' Alliance Fran9aise de
Lynchburg Award
Tracie Ann Allen, Cordova, TN
The Shakespeare Prize
Katherine L. Polevitzky, Mt. View, CA
The Pauline Roberts Otis Award
Gretchen Elizabeth Petrus,
Timonium, MD
The Academy of American Poets Prize
Beverly Campbell Massie, Lowesville,
VA, Honorable Mention
The American Institute of Chemists
Award
Sherani Amarasinghe, Sri Lanka
The Lucile Barrow Turner Award
Gretchen Elizabeth Petrus,
Timonium, MD
COMMENCEMENl
The Juliet Halliburton Burnett Davis
Award
Amorette Hundley Witt, Chattanooga, TN
The Marcia Capron Award for
Excellence in French
Carolyn Scott Swain, Chicago, IL
The Alpha Lambda Delta Award
Debra Ann Elkins, Amherst, VA
The Jessica Steinbrenner Molloy Award
Andrea Dianne Dickson, Salem, VA
The Helen K. Mull Graduate
Fellowship in Psychology
Carolyn Imperato, Willingboro, NJ
The Anne Gary Pannell Taylor
Award in History
Hilary Ann Taylor, Shreveport, LA
The Martha von Briesen
Prize in Photography
Amy Louise Densford, McLean, VA
Phi Beta Kappa 1993
Ivlembers elected by the Theta of
Virginia Chapter from the Class of 1993:
Trade Ann Allen, Cordova, TN
Harpreet Kaur Bedi, Brasilia, Brazil
Laurel Denise Bryant, Gloucester, VA
Merlyn Martin Carroll, Concord, VA
Jennifer Maude Colomb, Plaisir, France
Debra Ann Elkins, Amherst, VA
Melony Joe Ellinger, Lancaster, VA
Srinka Ghosh, Calcutta, India
Laura Ann Hartless, Evington. VA
Dianne Jellesma Hayes, Atlanta, GA
Shaina Mohamed Jetha, Ann Arbor, Ml
Kristina Kukk, Estonia
Amy Knight Mulock, Darien, CT
Gretchen Elizabeth Petrus, Timonium, MD
Karen Kay Pierce, Spring, TX
Paige Elizabeth Scribner, Dallas, TX
Wendy de Karl Stevenson, Millersville, MD
Stephanie Laurel Turner, Sugar Land, TX
Nadia Mumtaz Zoha, Karachi, Pakistan
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
HONORS
Summa Cum Laude
Debra Elkins, Amherst, VA
Srinka Ghosh, Calcutta, India
Kristina Kukk, Estonia
Magna Cum Laude
Trade Ann Allen, Cordova, TN
Harpreet Kaur Bedi, Brasilia, Brazil
Carolyn Bloxsom, Amherst, VA
Laurel Denise Bryant, Gloucester, VA
Tracy Lynn Camden, Madison Heights, VA
Merlyn Martin Carroll, Concord, VA
Jennifer Colomb, Plaisir, France
Melony Joe Ellinger, Lancaster, VA
Britt Kirsten Ellison, Newport, Rl
Laura Hartless, Evington, VA
Dianne Jellesma Hayes, Atlanta, GA
Paige Annette Holmes, Stockton, NJ
Shaina Mohamed Jetha, Ann Arbor, Ml
Beverly Campbell Massie, Lowesville, VA
Amy Knight Mulock, Darien, CT
Gretchen Elizabeth Petrus, Timonium, MD
Karen Kay Pierce, Spring, TX
Paige Elizabeth Scribner, Dallas, TX
Julia Dorothy Skilinski, Mexico, NY
Wendy de Karl Stevenson, Millersville, MD
Danielle Tedesco, Springfield, PA
Stephanie Laurel Turner, Sugar Land, TX
Nadia Mumtaz Zoha, Karachi, Pakistan
Cum Laude
Sherani Amarasinghe, Sri Lanka
Laura Kindle Baker, Houston, TX
Dawn Marie Baskin, Marietta, GA
Sidney Peery Cauthen, Bristol, TN
Kathryn Crawley Chandor, Pineville, PA
Amy Louise Densford, McLean, VA
Amy Margaret Edwards, Satellite Beach, FL
Carolyn Imperato, Willingboro, NJ
Jennifer Kaolin Jarvis, Bakersville, NC
Amy Gracey Larsen, Winchester, VA
Camelot Jennifer Lindauer, London, England
Colleen Grace Losey, Virginia Beach, VA
Susan Louise Messikomer, Chadds Ford, PA
Victoria Elizabeth Milner, Springfield, VA
Kerry Allyson Pollock, Atlanta, GA
Deborah Ann Purvis, Sweet Briar, VA
Carolyn Scott Swain, Chicago, IL
Laura Elaine Warren, Virginia Beach, VA
Annegret Patricia Weckerle, McLean, VA
The Honors Program, Class of 1993
Dawn Baskin
Honors in Government
Tracy Camden
Honors Graduate
Jennifer Colomb
Honors Graduate
Melony Joe Ellinger
Honors Graduate
Srinka Ghosh
Honors Degree with
Highest Honors in Physics
Paige Holmes
Honors Graduate
Susan Messikomer
Honors Graduate
Victoria Milner
Honors Graduate
Amy Mulock
Honors Graduate
Stephanie Turner
Honors Degree with
High Honors in International Affairs
and Spanish
Laura Warren
Honors Graduate
ALUMNAE MAGAZINE
Alumnae Relatives
IN THE CLASS OF 1993
1 . Rebecca Harrison Carle with mother Mary Cooke Carle '59
2. Sisters Andrea Dickson '93 and Amy Dickson '92
3- Tracy Lynn Camden and mother Ann Richards Camden '69
4. Debra Eikins, Class of 1993 Emily Watts McVea Scholar,
with sister Rachael Lee Eikins '91 and mother Judith M.
Eikins, SBC Charles A. Dana Professor of Mathematical
Sciences
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
where
did they come from?
CLASS OF 1992
CLASS OF 1993
Came from
South
Northeast
48%(VA19%)
29%
56% (VA28%)
30%
Central
14%
3.5%
West
6%
3.5%
Foreign
3%
7.0%
Average Hours toward Graduation 1 20
Average Age 22
Age Range 20-37
Turning Points 1
Transfers in: 21
126
22
19-46
5
17
White:
117
126
Black:
6
4
Asian:
2
1
Hispanic:
Native American
1
:
3
1
Foreign:
3
10
Where die
theyg
0?
CLASS OF 1992
CU\SSOF1993
Graduates
129
145
Degree
8B.S.
17B.S.
121 A.B.
128 A.B.
After Graduation*
Employed
55.8%
22.7%
Employed/Grad School
3.8%
Grad School
14.7%
16.5%
Intern
3.1%
1 .3%
Intern/Grad School
.7%
Intern/Employed
.7%
Other (5th yr SB)
.7%
Travel
3.1%
Job Search
13.1%
54.4%
Not in school/Not Employed 2.3%
Undecided
.6%
Unknown
1 .5%
2.0%
No Response
1 .3%
Note: Twenty-six students from the Class of 1992 and 31 from the Class of
1993 studied abroad.
*C/ass of 1992 Statistics Based On Marcli '93 Survey: One Year Out. Class of
1993 Statistics Based On Information As Of Graduation Day, May 1993
ALUMNAE MAGAZINE
What were
their
maiors?
CLASS OF 1992
CLASS OF 1993
Amer. Hist/Lit
2
Anthropology
11
4
Art History
8
11
Art Studio
5
4
Biochemistry/Molecular Bio
1
1
Biology
7
6
Chemistry
1
Dance
2
Economics
12
13
Econ/Computer Science
3
English
13
16
Eng/Creative Writing
10
6
Environmental Studies
4
5
French
5
9
German
1
3
German Studies
1
Government
7
13
Greek
1
History
5
13
Interdisciplinary
1
International Affairs
9
13
Italian Studies
1
Italian
1
Latin
1
Mathematics
6
3
Math/Computer Science
2
2
Math/Economics
2
1
Mathematical Physics
3
Modern Languages
2
Music
2
1
Philosophy
5
1
Physics
1
Political Economy
3
3
Psychology
9
22
Religion
2
Sociology
7
8
Spanish
2
3
Theatre Arts
5
1
Quick Facts
About Recent
Graduates
Lynn Yeakel delivers Commencement address
6
PROUD
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1993 SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
It's wonderful to be back in Virginia,
the state in which I grew up and
where my family still lives. And it's
especially nice to be in this beautiful
part of the state, just a few miles from my
alma mater. My connections to Sweet
Briar include a memorable, life-changing
experience during my college years as a
participant in Sweet Briar's Junior Year in
France, and many good friends who are
alumnae of this fine institution.
Over the years the graduates who
have gone before you have distinguished
themselves in medicine, the law, journal-
ism, education, business, and as wives
and mothers. They gave definition to the
message of Sweet Briar, and then ex-
ported that message from Sweet Briar to
other parts of the nation and worid.
It is my hope that your years at
Sweet Briar have given you a mi.xture of
the will to win, the ability to endure, the
determination to work, the courage to
dream, and the commitment to serve. I
hope your experience here has encour-
aged you to join in tackling some of the
enormous problems our nation faces in
the 1990s.
At a time like this there is a tempta-
tion to think that .something is ending.
You may feel you have listened to
your last lecture. You haven't.
You may feel you have turned in
your last paper. You haven't.
You may feel you have crowded into
your last cafeteria. I promise you that life
has many more lines for you to stand in.
BY LYNN YEAKEL
1992 Candidate for the U.S. Senate from
Pennsylvania
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
And you may feel you have crammed
for your last exam. No way. The tests
have only just begun.
I do not know who started calling
graduation ceremonies "commence-
ments," but the word is entirely appropri-
ate. Because what you're doing is
"commencing" a new set of adventures.
Being a woman, people will expect
much of you.
Being a Sweet Briar graduate, you
will expect more of yourself.
It seems only a few years ago that I
sat where you sit — as a woman graduat-
ing from a small woman's college. I
clearly remember that day and the way I
felt then: uncertain about the future —
both excited about entering a new phase
of my life and sad about leaving a famil-
iar, predictable one.
Unsure of my personal goals and that
I would be able to succeed.
Unwilling to let others dictate my
destiny.
On that spring day in 1963, I was not
conscious of the strength and impact of
the values which had been reinforced by
my college experience — values of com-
munity service and participation in the
world around me.
In the 30 years since then, much has
changed for women in the world. 'We
have achieved some hard-earned recogni-
tion and respect. 'We have opened and
walked through doors of opportunity
unimagined by our mothers and grand-
mothers. 'We have orbited the earth. My
generation has been on the front lines of
social change, with few models to follow
and uncharted waters around.
One thing I have learned during
these years is the importance
of working together towards
our common goals of a better
society. 'We must not allow ourselves to
be divided by our differences, but must
focus on the vision we share for our
future. That vision includes a peaceful
world and a healthy environment where
our children can grow up in a just and
humane society.
There is much to be done to realize
that vision. Today I want to talk to you
about some things we haven't yet
achieved, and I want to suggest to you a
tremendously important goal for your
generation.
I urge you — for yourselves, your
children and grandchildren — to pursue
a freedom that has eluded people
throughout history. I refer to the freedom
from fear.
We all know about freedom of
speech. 'We have that.
■We all know about freedom of
religion. 'We have that.
■We all know about the freedom to
vote. We have that, though it took us as
women 150 years and a great deal of
struggle to win that one.
A freedom that we have not yet
acquired is the freedom from fear.
I ask you to join the battle begun in
the last two decades, and which contin-
ues today on many levels. It is a legal
and social struggle which disproportion-
ately affects women and children. You
can help free yourself and future genera-
tions of four key fears.
The first of the four is an everyday
reality for women across the nation —
the fear of abuse.
It is a national outrage that millions
of women and children live their lives
of crimes continues to increase at a pace
far greater than other crimes.
It is wrong that women can't walk or
jog in their cities and parks when they want
to, without their safety being threatened.
And it's wrong that women have to
contend with sexual harassment in the
workplace, or any other place. We must
pass and enforce laws to end sexual
harassment.
My generation, of which your
parents are also a part, has
begun to fight to end violence
against women and children.
We're raising our voices against this
outrage. We're saying, we want a peace-
ful society and we will take a tough
crime-fighting position to achieve it.
We're pressuring authorities to un-
derstand that behavior that threatens
women will not be tolerated. That a
civilized society that prides itself on hu-
man liberty must not surround better
than half the population with fear.
We as women cannot participate
fully in our society and our culture until
we design a legal and moral framework
We women dont have to apologize anymore
for succeeding. We dont have to apologize for
our high standards, our creativity, our multiple
interests.
under the shadow of danger of physical
and mental abuse in their own homes. It
was only in 1980, as the result of the
work of domestic violence advocates,
that the right to protection from abuse
was recognized as a legal right. Now we
must ensure that protection orders are
expedited and enforced. We've come a
long way since Old English law's "rule of
thumb" gave a husband permission to
beat his wife with an instrument no
thicker than his thumb. But we cannot
tolerate the battering of women and
children in their own homes. As a soci-
ety, we must condemn domestic violence
and teach our children nonviolent ways
to express anger and frustration.
It is wrong that women live in fear of
rape and sexual assault. The most violent
that clearly protects our physical and
emotional well-being. I have seen too
many battered women, too many victim/
survivors of sexual assault, too many
homes shattered by violence.
So I fervently hope that the basic
right to physical safety will be so high on
your personal and professional agenda
that a generation from now you can
stand on this platform and tell the gradu-
ates of Sweet Briar's 125th anniversary
class that it was your generation that
pioneered the successful reduction of
violence against women.
The second fear from which women
must find freedom is the fear of poverty.
Of economic dependency.
We simply have to get women off the
bottom rung of the economic ladder, a
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position which results from historic
discrimination.
I have worked with single mothers
who are in fear of losing their homes;
who are in fear of losing the means to
feed and clothe their children; who are in
fear of being unable to afford health care
when they or their children get ill. I have
worked with older women who are in
fear of poverty and loneliness.
Those fears ought to be unaccept-
able in America. The fear of
hunger, of home-lessness, of
being sick and without the
fundamental things that bring dignity to life.
Too many women in too many cir-
cumstances are convinced they have no
other option than to be punished by the
cards they have been dealt — to be for-
ever consigned to a day-to-day survival
course, a perpetual effort simply to exist,
and a constant anxiety about the future
of their children.
This is not just some podium plea
for equal pay and equal opportunity for
women. Those are rights we should have
won long ago.
It is instead a determination to build
into this democracy a system for assuring
that no man or woman who has, for
whatever reason, fallen through society's
safety net shall be deprived of the possi-
bility of living a decent life.
There is a way to do this. Part of it
involves the government. Part of it
involves the private sector. And all of it
involves a new national commitment to
compassion and common .sense.
We spend a lot of time and money in
the United States on national security,
protecting ourselves from adversaries
outside this nation. We need to consider
our internal national security too, and to
be just as willing to spend time and money
on the individual personal security of
each citizen. We must make available to
all Americans the economic and educa-
tional opportunities they need to succeed.
We must not neglect our nation's
cities. We cannot insulate ourselves from
the poverty and hopelessness of our
urban centers and allow them to erupt in
the violence and destruction we saw in
L.A. last year. We must address these
problems with innovative, preventive
solutions as one means of achieving
freedom from fear.
Freedom from fear and freedom from
poverty must be accomplished through a
combination of public and private will to
bring about social change.
Now I come to two fears over which
each of you has absolute, personal con-
trol as a woman.
One is the fear of failure.
As you make your choices about the
life you are going to live, you must have
confidence that you can achieve what
you set out to do.
You will encounter many people
who will tell you what you can 'I do.
I've heard people say that women
can't become business leaders, but I
look around and see women who are
presidents of banks, heads of law firms,
running their own enterprises, and by
their accomplishments saying, "Don't
believe it."
I've heard people say that women
can teach kindergarten, but never be-
come first class educators, and I look
around and see on this platform the
president of one of the best academic
institutions in America, and that says to
me, "Don't believe it."
And, you know, I've even heard that
women can't run successfully for high
political office, and, trust me, I don't
believe that either^.
Fear of failure comes from fear of
trying — from centuries of being told that
someone else will take care of all the big
decisions.
That notion reminds me of a com-
mencement speaker's admonition to a
graduating class a few years ago. He said,
"The world is out tliere waiting. Don't go!"
Well, that's the easy way
out. Sit on the sidelines
and you're sure not to
fail. You're sure not to
succeed either.
And that leads me to the last fear we
must eliminate — \he fear of success.
We women don't have to apologize
anymore for succeeding. We don't have
to apologize for our high standards, our
creativity, our multiple interests.
We don't have to apologize for being
a 52 percent majority of the population.
Instead, we must start acting like the
majority we are! We must stand up for our
values and our beliefs. We must change
society's "norm" to match our ideals.
We don't have to apologize for bring-
ing creativity to the arts and competence
to the workplace.
It's okay to win. It's okay to aspire to
high goals.
And it's okay to bring balance to our
lives.
Sweet Briar graduates, I congratulate
you.
May 23, 1993 is your day. You will
remember this day forever. And that's as
it should be.
But tomorrow, May 24, 1993 — that
is your real "commencement day" — the
day you start putting down your own
footprints for others to follow.
Let's find that formula for freedom
from fear. Let's use our time well.
On my last birthday, I was comforted
by a mixed message that someone gave
me. It said, "You are now older than you
have ever been, but you are also younger
than you will ever be again." The latter
part of that sentence seemed to relate to
my decision 18 months ago to embark on
an extraordinary new adventure — an
adventure which included my U.S. Senate
campaign, but which is ongoing — an
adventure I wouldn't have missed for the
world.
The birthday message applies to all
of us, whatever our age. Use your time
for worthwhile goals and don't be afraid
to take risks!
God gives us memories so that we
can have roses in December. It's now
time for you to commence building the
.stockpile of memories you will call upon
years from now.
Whatever your dream, don't let any-
one tell you it will be easy or that it can't
be done. Whether you're running a home
or a hospital; caring for your children or
guiding a corporation; chairing the PTA
or the Senate Judiciary Committee — or
some exciting combination of many
interests — please remember that most
people do what they are asked to do.
The winners do a little more, reach a
little further.
Lynn Yeakel's May 23 speech to a
graduating class of 150 women at Sweet
Briar's 84th Commencement marked the
final address in the 1993 Presidential
Speakers Series.
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
CLUB CORNER:
Community
Campaigns Begin!
Charlottesville Kickoff event
was tield at Royal Orchard,
the lovely family home of the
Scotts.
3. SBC President Barbara
Hill greets Dr. Frederick
Berry and Suzanne Seaman
Berry '61, Charlottesville.
1. Charlottesville, VA
was the first Sweet Briar
Alumnae Club to kick off its
own Community Campaign
in support of the $35 million
Campaign for Sweet Briar
College, on April 19, 1993.
Members of the Charlottes-
ville Community Campaign
Committee, l-r: Wayne
Stokes Goodall '48; Commit-
tee Chair Jane (Kitchie)
Roseberry Tolleson '52;
Marion (Meon) Bower
Harrison '48; Ellen Gilliam
Perry '45; Marvin Perry,
former member of SBC's
Board of Directors; Betsy
Gilmer Tremain '42.
2. Elizabeth Pinkerton
Scott '36 chats with Stacey
Sickels '88, SBC Director of
Community Campaigns. The
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6. Lynchburg,VA was
the next club to launch a
community endeavor, on
April 27, at Lynchburg's
Boonesboro Country Club.
Pictured at this gala
celebration, l-r: Mina Walker
Wood '62; President Hill;
Robert C. (Robin) Wood, III,
Co-Chair of the Lynchburg
Committee and member of
the SBC Board of Directors.
7. Elizabeth Bond Wood '34,
former SBC Vice President
for Development (center) was
Co-Chair. Pictured with her
are Jeanne and Frank H.
Buhler, Chairman and CEO
of Old Dominion Box
Company, Lynchburg.
8. John and Margaret Smith
Thomasson '36 visit with
Toni Nelson, wife of the late
Dr. Lawrence G. Nelson,
longtime Professor of
English at Sweet Briar.
9- Past and present!
Lynchburg resident and former
SBC Director of Public
Relations Martha von Briesen
'31 compares notes with
Monica Dean, who has
directed Sweet Briar's public
relations effort since 1988.
10. New York City
The NYC Community
Campaign Committee, 1st
row, l-r: Carrie Maynard
Nichols '81 ; Sarah Boehmler;
Fran Laserson; Jan Storey-
Honick '73. Back row, l-r:
Chris Falcon Maasbach '81 ;
Lesley Bissell Hoopes '68;
Jeanne Bounds Hamilton '61;
Lin Campbell '66; Joan
Johnston Ambrose '63; Ellen
Weintraub '71 ; Lucy Gordon
Jeffers '39.
11. New York City Co-
Chairs Sarah Porter
Boehmler '65, Fran Griffith
Laserson '70 confer over
plans for the spring '94
Kickoff.
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12. Atlanta, GA
The Atlanta Club gathered in
May for a party at the
Piedmont Driving Club,
hosted by Bradley and Anne
Sheffield Hale '54. Bradley
takes the podium to
welcome all.
13- L-r foreground; Julia
McCullough Shivers '58,
Barbara A. Hill, Ann
Arnspiger Canipe '69. L-r,
background: Susan "Stuart"
Davenport Simrill '70,
Rebecca Young Frazer '35,
Sydney McCampbell
Glass '70, Atlanta.
H.Nancy Hall Green '64
with Freddie Akers and Debi
Butteri Akers '77, Atlanta.
15. Barbara Johnson
Prickett '68, center.with
husband Ernie Prickett and
Tom Farmer (husband of
Mary Anne Calhoun Fanner
'66 and father of Harriet
Hardaway Farmer '92 and
Mary Anne Train Farmer '91),
Atlanta.
16. Jane Lauderdale
Armstrong '78 and husband
Mike Armstrong, Atlanta.
17. Charlotte
The Community Campaign
Committee makes plans for
Its October 19th Kickoff at
the Mint Museum, l-r: Kathy
Jackson Howe '78; Kaky
Connors Cassada '86; Betsy
Smith White '59, Chair;
Martha Jean Brooks
Miller '41.
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Barbara von Hoffman:
Professional Photographer
and Avid Conservationist
Wildlife photography is not a
career Barbara von Hoffman
planned for beforehand. "I took
up photography," she says, "after I went
on safari to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda
in 1970, having borrowed my mother's
camera for the trip (since I had only an
instamatic!). On return, 1 gave slide
shows concerning the poaching of
elephants and rhinos. I wanted to help
educate people on endangered species
and how they were being decimated —
little did I know that was just the begin-
ning, and that the situation would
become so critical!"
"I immediately took up photography
seriously, starting by photographing pets
for families, and also for free-lance use. I
was divorced at the time and had to raise
the children; hence I could not travel a
lot for wildlife photography. My pet work
has been used by Hallmark (and for
many other calendars), Ralston Purina,
and Hill's dog food. A couple of years
ago, one of my shots was used for the
front cover of Financial World. It was
rather humorous because it was a shot of
a St. Bernard with a keg around its neck.
The cover concerned the FDIC, and the
caption read, 'Shoot this dog!' "
In 1979, Barbara and her two sons,
Dru and Brett, moved from St. Louis to
Colorado Springs, CO. Brett was a figure
skater; it was necessary to make the
move to promote his skating. (The move
w^as fortuitous: Brett was appointed a
national judge in 1993.) "It was a perma-
nent move because of the scenic beauty.
My photography took another direction. I
photographed skaters, among them Tai
Babilonia, Randy Garner, Scott Hamilton,
and Jill Trenary, for publicity pieces,
posters and programs."
Barbara's passion, however, "is
wildlife photography. The last few years
I have been pursuing that deeply. I
returned to East Africa in 1992 and 1993-
I was fortunate enough to observe a
cheetah and her two young make a kill,
and also to photograph a wildebeest
giving birth in Ngorongoro Crater. I plan
on returning every year, since I feel part
of my soul is there. Unfortunately, with
the population explosion in Kenya, much
of the land that was wild in the '70s, and
which contained abundant wildlife, is
now being used for agriculture."
She continues, "Three years ago my
husband Don and I went to tlie Galapagos
Islands and climbed 'Volcano Alcedo in
order to see and photograph the tortoises
in the wild. It was the Outward Bound of
my lifetime! I had never carried a back-
pack in my life, and we had 30-pound
backpacks (15 pounds of these were a
requisite two gallons of water). "We were
on the beach by 3:30 a.m. to start our
six-hour climb. Once at the top, we
dropped onto our ground cloths, totally
exhausted — only to be told that it
would be better to hike another four
miles around the volcano's rim for a
better campsite. 'We did this in a constant
drizzle, using rocks for hand-holds dur-
ing our climb. Unbeknownst, the rain
was running down the camera strap,
ruining my camera, which was under my
poncho. The result was a combination of
exhilaration making the climb, exhaus-
tion, and depression from not being able
to fulfill my main objective — to take
photographs! We were told later that less
than one percent of the people who go
to the Galapagos make that climb."
Last year, Barbara and Don went to
McNeil State Game Sanctuary in Alaska
for four days — an area well-known to
photographers because of the opportu-
nity to photograph the brown bears feed-
ing off the salmon. "Only ten people are
allowed out a day," according to Barbara,
"along with an armed guard. In the 18
years of the sanctuary's existence, a
guard has had to fire his rifle only one
time, and that was over a bear's head.
These coastal brown bears are grizzlies,
but much larger. It was so incredible that
we had absolutely no fear, even when a
bear passed six feet from Don and 12
feet from me! They are not aggressive
towards humans because of the abundance
of salmon. The Sanctuary is run by a
Barbara von Hoffman '58
"Passionate about what she does"
lottery system; approximately 10% of the
people who apply are picked to go there
each year. I definitely want to do it again!"
Barbara's pet, wildlife, and nature
work is sold through two stock photo
agencies, one in Colorado Springs, the
other in Philadelphia. Last year, she
decided to make an effort also to free-
lance her w^ork herself. "The most excit-
ing thing that has come from that is a call
from the National 'Wildlife Federation on
my birthday this year. They wanted to
use two of my Siberian tiger shots, one
for the cover of International Wildlife.
Particularly satisfying is that it was the
first submission I ever sent to them! Also,
Ranger Rick is to use my Shar Pei shot
on the back cover of its October issue.
Otherwise, my work has been sold to the
Sierra Club and to Reader's Digest, among
other organizations and magazines."
Barbara says that her favorite animals
to photograph "are the predators —
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mainly the big cats. Also, I adore
elephants, and watching their interac-
tions. For instance, when we were in the
northern area of Kenya, we were photo-
graphing a herd of elephants and young
feeding. Along came a jeep, to which
they were totally unaccustomed. The
matriarch trumpeted loudly, and all the
elephants, some from far away, moved
rapidly towards her, congregating
together for protection."
She sums up her work: "Having been
an avid conservationist for 30 years, the
greatest contribution that I could make
would be for my photographs to be used
to help endangered species... for me to
help somehow in their preservation. This
would be very satisfying, because so
much of the slaughter is due to people's
greed and outmoded customs. They are
decimating animals for rhino horn and
bear's gall bladders for medicinal pur-
poses, for example. The Siberian tiger is
in dire circumstances, with less than 200
left in the wild; they are being poached
for their skins, and their bones, which
are ground up for medicine in the Far
East... I am passionate about what I do —
obviously!"
Barbara's husband, Don Anders, is a
marketing strategist at Digital Corporation.
Barbara will be leading tour groups
to East Africa and to Belize in 1994,
should any Sweet Briarites be interested.
Contact her at (719) 471-0055.
Sara Bryan Glascock '47:
Recipient of Margaret Rawlings
Lupton Recognition of Lifetime
Achievement Award
Girls Preparatory School (GPS)
[Chattanooga, TN] has announced
the 1993 winners of its Margaret
Rawlings Lupton Recognition of Lifetime
Achievement Award. Established in 1989,
this award honors alumnae of the school
who have distinguished themselves in
their communities through outstanding
volunteer and/or professional service.
[Recipient] Sara Bryan Glascock of
Lookout Mountain earns her living as a
Realtor, but earns appreciation as a
writer, a volunteer, and a concerned
citizen. A 1943 graduate of Giris Prepara-
tory School, Mrs. Glascock received her
Sara Glascock
A.B. from Sweet Briar College. She is a
member of the Chattanooga Board of
Realtors, is licensed in Tennessee and
Georgia, and is an affiliate broker in her
husband's firm, James C. Glascock & Co.
A former board member of many
organizations, including American Cancer
Society, Ladies of Charity of Chattanooga,
Garden Club of Lookout Mountain,
FACES (National Association of the
Craneofacially Handicapped), and
Lookout Mountain School, Mrs.
Glascock is very involved in her
church. Our Lady of the Mount
Catholic Church, in the Chattanooga
Nature Center, and in GPS. Possessing
a delightful sense of humor and a
creative flair, she has edited and
written for the Mountain Breeze,
Jottings, a Junior League publication,
and GPS Magazine. She has written
several small histories and has
chaired or co-chaired large celebra-
tions, including the 75th anniversary
of GPS and the 100th anniversary of
the founding of the town of Lookout
Mountain.
The mother of 12 children, Mrs.
Glascock also has eight daughters-
in-law, three sons-in-law and 23
grandchildren.
Rosam Quae Meruit Ferat, Sara!
Excerpted with permission from
the Sunday, May 2, 1993 edition of
the Chattanooga News-Free Press.
The Christian Vocation Project:
Helping People Hear God's Call
Through Community
The Christian 'Vocation Project,
which is rapidly becoming known
throughout the United States, was
founded four years ago by Suzanne
Gipson Farnham, a graduate of SBC's
Class of 1957. In addition to the Christian
Vocation Project, she is one of the
authors of the book, Listening Hearts,
the foundation for all of the Project's
principles and activities.
Initially the concept for the Project
arose from questioning by Suzanne about
the possible interrelatedness of call,
discernment, and community. Research
on these themes eventually developed
into the book which, after two printings,
became available in a newly revised
edition in Febaiary 1993, which is now in
its second printing..
The Project has expanded dramatically
since its beginning as a pilot program at
Memorial Episcopal Church in Baltimore,
MD, where Suzanne's husband, F. Lyman
Farnham, is Rector. It has generated
interest across the country, and across
denominational lines. Retreats, work-
Suzanne Farnham
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shops, discernment programs, and train-
ing for leaders, are some of the offerings
of the Project. A manual for a discussion
series based upon the book has recently
been completed, and is in the process of
being published.
Suzanne sees discernment as leaven.
In her words:
"The initial purpose of the discern-
ment program is to prepare groups of
people to serve as discerners, people
who can help individuals wrestle with
questions and issues important to their
lives. But the benefits go far beyond this.
"Discernment is a discipline that
permeates one's being, gradually taking
hold and eventually becoming a way of
life.
"As Christians become schooled in
discernment, they develop a deeper,
more intimate relationship with God.
They begin to introduce the ways of
discernment to their church communities,
encouraging others to practice prayerful
listening and consensus in group delib-
erations. They can be the leaven that
gives rise to communities eager to learn
where the Spirit may be leading them,
what God may be asking them to do."
Suzanne's latest endeavor, the
Discernment Program for Clergy, is a
CORNERSTONE Program of the national
Episcopal Church, and has been
welcomed as a much-needed vehicle in
assisting clergy to hear God in their own
lives.
Listening Hearts.- Discerning Call in
Community is available through most
religious bookstores, or can be ordered
direct from Morehouse Publishing, P.O.
Box 1321, Harrisburg, PA 17105: S8.95 +
p/h $3.50, 1-800-877-0012.
Brenda Darden Kincaid '68:
Teacher of the Year
Brenda Kincaid, a math teacher at
Nansemond-Suffolk Academy
[Suffolk, VAl, received a significant
honor for 1991-92 when she was named
the Academy's "Teacher of the Year. "
This is a selection that is made annu-
ally by the instructors at the school and is
considered one of the top honors which
can be bestowed upon a fellow teacher.
Concurrent with this recognition, the
Academy's Winter Bulletin 1993 was
dedicated to her.
Kincaid received her high school
education at Suffolk High School where
she graduated as salutatorian. She started
college at Sweet Briar, but her husband
Doug, who was then in the Air Force,
was transferred to Florida. There she
continued her education at Rollins
College where she subsequently received
a BGS degree in mathematics.
Her early teaching experiences were
in French and math at Suffolk High
School where she taught until coming to
N-SA in 1979. While on the faculty full-
time, she also obtained a Master's of
Brenda Darden Kincaid
Science in Education with concentration
in secondary education mathematics
Active in all phases of her life,
Kincaid contributes to the community in
many ways. She is a member of St. Paul's
Episcopal Church where she serves as a
Sunday School teacher and on the Altar
Guild.
She is involved with the Suffolk Art
League, the Suffolk Historical Society, the
Suffolk Book Club, and the Tuesday
Afternoon Book Club.
She claims, though, that her "greatest
accomplishment" is her four children,
Julia, Douglas, Sarah, and Jed.
Academically, she continues to excel.
Last year, she was inducted into Delta
Kappa Gamma, a society for distinguished
professional female educators. She also
holds membership in the Tidewater
Council of Teachers of Mathematics,
■Virginia Council of Teachers of Math-
ematics, and National Council of Teach-
ers of Mathematics.
She has coached the eighth-grade
MATHCOL^NTS team for nine years.
Under her tutelage, this group has placed
in the top five teams regionally for the
years 1986 to 1991. Her students also
participate in the American High School
League Math Exam each year.
She has been chairman of the Math
Department since 1984 and has taught
classes at Tidewater Community College.
In addition, she serves as an adjunct
faculty member at Paul D. Camp
Community College.
Kincaid's subjects of expertise are
A. P. Calculus, Pre-Calculus, Algebra II,
Algebra 1, and Geometry. This year she
implemented a Calculus class for seniors
not taking A. P. Calculus.
Said fellow teacher Nancy Sharp,
"Brenda Kincaid truly is an inspiration...
She balances a number of different roles
any one of which is enough for most
people."
Excerpted with permission from a
JcDiiiary' 22. 1993 article by Staff Writer
Marilyn Panton, Suffolk News-Herald
Professor Catherine Seaman:
Leaving Her Mark
A 1986 editorial in nearby Nelson
County's Nelson County Times,
entitled "Leaving Her Mark," read:
Dr. Catherine Seaman has announced
she will not seek another term on the
School Board after her present term
expires fuly 1. She has represented the
East District on the hoard for 32 years.
When Seaman attempted to read a
statement making her announcement at
the April 10 board meeting, she was un-
able to do so because the room became so
charged with emotion. And School Board
Chairman John Purvis was unable to
finish reading it for her.
School Superintendent John Owens
said he respected her decision, but said "I
wish I could change it. " Owens called
Seaman the "heart and soul" of the School
Board for her "untold hours" of service.
Dr. Seaman first joined the board in
1954 and was the first woman to hold
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Dr. Catherine Seaman
office in Nelson County. Since that time
she has seen a dramatic change in
education and educational facilities here.
She oversaw consolidation of the high
schools, desegregation, the addition of
federally mandated programs and costly
improvements to existing buildings.
Throughout the period she has been a
voice of reason, sensitive to the concerns
of her constituents and striving to achieve
the best possible education for all Nelson
County children.
The editorial concludes:...// will be
difficult to replace the experience and
empathy that Seaman has brought... over
the last three decades. She sees her duties
as more than budget balancing and
understands the human element in the
education formula. Her dedication and
senice will leave its mark on Nelson
County for many years.
These sentiments and phrases ("heart
and soul"; "untold hours"; "voice of
reason'; "sensitive to the concerns";
"Striving to achieve the best possible
education") were echoed by the Sweet
Briar communit\' when Professor of An-
diropology and Sociology "Kitty" Seaman
retired in 1993 after 26 years of dedica-
tion to her students and to the enhance-
ment of the ever^'day life of the College.
In addition to her regular teaching sched-
ule, and service as chair of the Depart-
ment of Anthropology and Sociologv' and
of the Division of Social Studies, her
curriculum vita includes an extraordinary
list of papers, research, publications and
book reviews. She also lent her expertise
to the Environmental Studies program,
and served on virtually every faculty'
committee of the College at one time or
another. She has taken part as a lecturer
in Sweet Briar's "Winter Forums programs,
as well as many other sjDecial campus
events, and has been a frequent contributor
to the Sweet Briar Alumnae Magazine.
Her love of Sweet Briar did not
preclude effective service to other
community's needs. She chaired the
Nelson Count}' School Board in 1970-72;
is a long-time trustee of the Nelson
Count}' Garden Club Center; and was a
member of the Board of the Virginia
Baptist Hospital in Lynchburg from 19^2
until 1977. She has been an active
participant in a number of professional
organizations, including the American
Association of University Professors
(AAUP). American Sociological Association.
Southern Sociological
Society, and American
Association of University
Women (AALW). and
has ser\ed as a Fellow
for the American
Anthropological Asso-
ciation and the Royal
Anthropological Societ\'
of Great Britain and
Ireland.
Holding the B.S.
(1965), M.A. (1967) and
Ph.D. (1969) from the
University of Virginia,
she eariier studied at
Bluefield College (1939-
41), the University of
Virginia School of Nursing (1941-44) and
Columbia University' (1945-46).
A staff nurse with the Henry Street
Nurses. New York Cit\' in 1945-46, she
served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United
States Army Nurses Corps in 1946-47.
She and her husband, John, are the
parents of four grown children.
Kitty Seaman has "left her mark"
everywhere she has been, and in everv"-
thing she has done. It is a deep and
indelible mark at Sweet Briar.
Goulde Recipient of
Fulbright Grant
Last May. SBC Associate Professor
of Religion John Goulde received a
Fulbright Senior Scholar Award for
study in Korea, tfirough the Korean
American Educational Commission.
The awards, administered through
the Council for the International
Exchange of Scholars and the J. William
Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board,
promote educational and cultural
exchange between students and scholars
around the world.
Goulde is using his grant at the Insti-
tute of Asian Studies at Seoul National
University' for six months. There he is
researching historical and biographical
backgrounds to complete an annotated
study and translation of the Haedong
Chondorok. a 17th-century manuscript
which records Taoist alchemv in Korea.
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Ship Ahoy!
Sweet Briar Students
Set Sail for SEA Semester
In his classic work. Sea Fever, poet
John Masefield described the eternal
call that for centuries has drawn
people to set out upon the waters of the
earth. The same call is heard by Sweet
Briar students.
Last December, after six weeks of
intensive academic preparation ashore on
the campus of the Sea Education Associa-
tion (SEA) in Woods Hole, M\. Elizabeth
Gilgan '94 spent six weeks aboard the
SSV Corwith Cramer, sailing from St.
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Thomas, USVI, to Key West. In a unique
program called SEA Semester, the SBC
anthropology major joined 18 other
students from around the country in
conducting marine science research while
learning to sail and navigate the 135-foot
steel-hulled brigantine.
"Everyone was required to stand
watch throughout the ship," says Eliza-
beth, "on deck, in the engine room, in
lab, and even the galley. We were actu-
ally part of the crew and shared in the
responsibility of running the ship. And
that meant 24 hours a day! You don't go
home and kick back once class is over.
I've sailed small boats before, but was
amazed at how much I still had to learn."
The staff on the ship is headed up by
the ship's Master and the Chief Scientist.
Additional professionals include three
mates, an engineer, a steward and three
assistant scientists. All the crew and
scientists are instructors, and play a major
role in the education of the seafaring
students.
Academic research didn't take a
backseat to watch duties, however. Each
student took marine-related classes and
completed an individual research project.
Elizabeth's project involved the classifica-
tion of zoo plankton. Casting 3-meter
nets down to depths of up to 200 meters,
she then characterized the plankton by
depth. She hopes to apply the research to
her biology minor, and as part of a future
career in underwater research. Students
also learned to examine temperature
structures, as well as chemical, biological,
geological, and physical differences of
water masses.
"It was fun, too," Elizabeth adds.
"After six weeks on a ship, you really
know the people on your crew. And you
can laugh with them when you talk about
the ones who felt woozy after stepping
onto dry land for the first time in two
weeks, or the landing in 'Venezuela that
got called off because of a revolution!"
SEA is a non-profit educational
institution that provides undergraduate
students the opportunity' to study at sea
while conducting deep ocean research.
The program offers full credit courses in
oceanography, nautical science, and
maritime studies. During SEA's 20-year
history, more than 3,000 students from
many disciplines have participated in SEA
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Sweet Briar Installs New
Chapter of Psychology
Honor Society
The SSVs Westward and Corwith Cramer
programs. Many of those students enter
ocean-related fields.
Elizabeth is not the first SBC student
to take part in a SEA Semester. Kerry
O'Donnell '93, an environmental studies
major, spent December aboard the
Corwith Cramefs sister ship, the SSV
Westward, a 125-foot schooner. Patty
Geets '94 and Jen 'Valentine '92 set sail in
previous programs.
When describing her time at sea, it is
easy to sense Elizabeth's excitement.
"Every night when I go to sleep, I wish I
were still out there." Her sentiments are
echoed by Masefield:
...And all I ask is a merry yam
from a laughing fellow-rover
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream
when the long trick's over.
Assistant Director,
— Dave Blount
Editorial Services, SBC
T
hirteen students and two
professors were inducted
as new members into Psi
Chi, the national psychology
honor societ)', during a cer-
emony to install the new Sweet
Briar chapter April 20, 1993-
Professor Thomas DeWolfe,
advisor to the Hampden-Sydney
College chapter, conducted the
ceremony. Chapter officers also
were installed; President Allison
Chance '94, Augusta, GA; Vice
President Shannon Callison '95,
Topeka, KS; and Secretary/
Treasurer Susan Margaret Barrett '94,
Jackson, MS. Professor of Psychology
David Johnson is SBC's chapter
advisor.
Psi Chi was founded in 1929 to
encourage and stimulate advances in
scholariy and practical endeavors in the
field of psychology. The society boasts
over 255,000 members and has 790 chap-
ters in the U.S. and Canada. Students in
the top 35% of their class and maintain-
ing a "B" average in a minimum of nine
hours of psychology coursework are
eligible for membership.
Any former SBC psychology student
may apply for Psi Chi and. if accepted, be
installed at the next spring 's induction
ceremony. The same criteria apply to
alumnae as to current students. For fur-
ther information, contact Professor David
fohnson (804-381-6129).
Seated, l-r: Shannon Callison '95; All Chance '94; Susan Margaret Barrett '94. Standing, l-r; Dr. Susan Beers;
Melony Joe Ellinger '93; Tracy Camden '93; Dr. David Johnson; Carolyn Bloxsom '93; Kaci Chandor '93; Marie
Weil '94; Becky Baker TP; Dr. Roberta Sadler; Tracy Imse '93; Paige Scribner '93; Carolyn Imperato '93; Karen
Giorgetti '95. Not pictured; Paige Holmes '93.
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In churches protestant and Roman
Catholic, this is the Feast of Pentecost.
Historically, this alone of all the days in
the religious calendar of the West is the
most ancient, the only of the enduring
festivals: Pentecost, from the Greek
"pen-tee-costee," the 50th day. A festival
ordained in the book of Deuteronomy, it
provides for the offering of the first fruits
of the harvest. Its observance dates from
the time of the first temple. An offering
of the grain harvest was commanded on
the 50th day after Passover. In Hebrew, it
bears the name "shavuot" — weeks,
seven weeks.
By the rabbinic period, this celebra-
tion has become the occasion to rejoice
in the giving of the law, the Torah, the
sweeter-than-honey, life-giving guide
granted to Moses 50 days after the
exodus from Egypt. It is no doubt this
double layer of meaning that brings Jews
from every nation to Jerusalem, as
recorded in the book of Acts. For the
church, this ancient festival is transformed
into the occasion whereupon God sends
the Spirit... the Holy Spirit, what the
church confesses as the third person of
the Trinity. ..Pentecost for Christians. ..50
days after Easter.. .10 days after celebrat-
ing the ascension of our Lord. ..Easter-
Pentecost: the great 50 days, the church's
earliest claim to a liturgical year.
Annually we recite, re-present the
saving action of God in Christ — birth,
life, ministry, death, resurrection, ascen-
sion of our Lord. And then, as the faith-
ful, we gather on the Feast of Pentecost,
to hear again the astounding, saving,
empowering account. Lo and Behold,
though the body of Jesus is no longer in
our midst, by the grace of God, by the
power of God's Holy Spirit, we, like
those gathered in Jerusalem from every
nation under heaven, like those few
locked away behind closed doors... we
have become the living body of Christ.
Pentecost in many congregations is cel-
ebrated as the birth of the church, and
for a number of us, this was the day we
expected to don white dresses and re-
ceive the rite of confirmation. Hence a
number of us grew up calling this whit
(white): Whitsunday.
It is the most spirit-filled Sunday of
the church year. And what a marvelous
occasion to bring to a close what in the
IN THE
NAME
OF GOD:
FATHER
SON,
AND
HOLY
SPIRIT
REUNION CHAPEL
SERVICE, MAY 30, 1993
Sweet Briar calendar is our most spirit-
filled weekend. This time last week, we
were lining up for commencement, and
during the early morning worship service,
I had commented that commencement
defines our reason for being a college.
And that is true, and there was evident
an intensity of spirit — the spirit of
celebration and congratulations — as
well as a spirit of sadness, sorrow in the
good-bye saying. A lot of spirit as we
graduated the Class of 1993, but from my
observation, a mere rehearsal of the
depth and power of spirit I witness as I
move around the edges of your Reunion
Weekend.
I have been here eight years now,
and every class that enters, and every
BY THE REVEREND SUSAN LEHMAN
Chaplain of Sweet Briar College
class that graduates, tends to think of
itself as not only the best ever to arrive
within these gates, but the only class to
be here. Reunion Weekends are our
needed corrective to this distortion. The
presence of 13+ classes, spanning most
of this century, bringing to one place the
breadth of experience manifest in the
life, labor, and wisdom of the returning
alumnae is like a mighty wind.
There is a wonderful spirit on these
Reunion Weekends, a spirit of excitement
as classmates become reacquainted,
walking the dairy road, sitting at the boat
house deepening their bonds of friend-
ship and affection. Mostly excitement,
maybe a little dread ("What if they don't
remember me?"; "What if they remember
me for the wrong things?"). Mostly excite-
ment, maybe a little disappointment:
beloved faculty for some of you have
retired, some have died; Pannell is no
longer the refectory; and it is disgusting
to find Grammer, Randolph, Carson and
Manson looking more like the Plaza
Hotel. Excitement, disappointment, and
certainly a spirit of generosity: the lavish,
outpouring gift-giving of this weekend
supports many of the most valued pro-
grams in the Sweet Briar curriculum. Yes,
this is the most spirited, lively, empower-
ing weekend of the college year.
But I want to digress a minute and
assure you that we have just concluded a
very remarkable, spirited, spiritual year.
It is my way to correct any distortion you
may have that your year, '48 or '63, '78,
or even my friends in the Class of '88 —
the distortion that your year was the one
and only golden year. For just a couple
of moments, let me highlight for you
some of the special, spirit-filled events of
this year.
The Dean's Office initiated a January
Term Reading/Discussion Series — no
credit — of the recent book Martin and
Malcolm and America, by James Cone,
Professor of Theology at Union Seminary
in New York. It is a major text that seeks
to review the status of African Americans
in this century. What was remarkable
about this series is that, although we
decided to limit it to 25 participants, and
to require that everyone read the 380
pages during the Christmas holiday, we
had a waiting list. What is more, these
were student-led discussions that included
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a few faculty and staff, including staff
from the physical plant, which many of
you know as the Buildings and Grounds
Department.
Another high-spirited, truly spiritual
event this year: through the 15-month-
long planning effort of the Ewald
Committee, the Ewald Scholars Program
focused on Native Americans — truly one
of the most exciting weekends I have
ever known, bringing together N. Scott
Momaday, Leslie Silko, Chariotte Black
Elk, Martin Brokenleg, and Jaune Quick-
to-See Smith, to name a few. Babcock
was filled both nights, and during the
day a steady stream of people from all
over the country gathered for this once-
in-a-lifetime meeting of the most articu-
late Indian writers, artists, and political
and spiritual leaders. Students came and
went as their schedules permitted. It
made a difference in our life as a college.
The senior class president addressed
commencement last Sunday using the
Lakota spiritual circle of courage that
includes belonging, mastery, independence,
and generosity to describe for her class-
mates the purpose of life and learning at
Sweet Briar. Ewald was a profoundly
religious experience for us.
Thrilling and spirited as well, a
new series, The Presidential
Speakers Series, this year
focused on women in their
communities, bringing to
campus outstanding political
leaders, including Judge Dale Hutter
Harris '53; Patricia Smith Ticer '55, Mayor
of Alexandria, Virginia; Ewald's "Wilma
Mankiller, Chief of the Cherokee Nation;
and Pat Schroeder, U. S. House of
Representatives (D-CO). This college,
from the very beginning has encouraged
young women to practice the art of doing
mercy. This spring, we honored nearly
200 students for making year-long,
week-by-week commitments to volunteer
service — tutoring, visiting the elderly,
serving the Amherst Rescue Squad and
Fire Department, and so on. Individual
acts of mercy have a long history at
Sweet Briar, but what was compelling
and challenging for us was the way The
Presidential Speakers Series brought to
the attention of our students that they
must learn the art of political activity to
secure systemic justice. The first principle
of the biblically-informed spiritual life:
Do justice, love mercy.
And with a spirit of great re-
spect, pride almost, we bade
good-bye to a remarkable
graduating class — women,
this year particularly strong in
math and the sciences, many
of them going on to further study — one
into a fully-funded Ph.D. program in
physics at Columbia, one to a fully-
funded Ph.D. program at the University
of Minnesota in biochemistry. Others
head to law school and many other
graduate programs. One of the things I
found most gratifying, hope-filled, was
the number of young women who sought
to combine their academic major with the
necessary training and certification to
teach at the elementary, junior, and
senior high levels; also an increased
number of most respected students, who
by virtue of their being elected to student
offices, represent our best hope.
I hosted a Women in Science Series
of dinner discussions this spring. Saidents
presented papers — and we didn't have
enough weeks for all the volunteers. That
is exciting! A spirit of respect, a spirit of
trust in the future.
The spirit was good in the Class of
1993, and we shall miss those young
women, but in the Class of 1994, we
have a Truman Scholar — an outstanding
young woman from Maine. And next
year's senior class president was selected
as a fellow at the Center for the Study of
the U.S. Presidency, until recently a
bastion for young men. This has been a
spirited year for us, with a lot of energy,
some focus emerging. And the empower-
ment of our young women continues to
dominate our efforts.
Spirit, as energy and power. But,
defines our Lord in the gospel account
appointed for Pentecost, a spirit of peace.
The disciples, locked behind the doors of
fear. ..Jesus appears. .."Peace. ..Peace be
with you," He said. "Receive the Holy
Spirit. ..if you forgive the sins of any, they
are forgiven. ..if you retain the sins of
any, they are retained..."
The Holy Spirit is energy, power
harnessed purposefully, expressive of the
power/promise/intention of God; Peace...
shalom...the well-being of God. The spirit
of God for peace and well-being is
directed power, not energy spent, wasted,
dissipated. Receive the Holy Spirit.
Henceforth direct your energy toward the
securing of the peace, well-being, whole-
ness, holiness of all creation. It is a spirit,
as defined by our Lord, that imbues us
with the most profound, eternal
significance... granting to us, mere mortals,
"from dust to dust," the inexplicable,
unbelievable power to forgive and to
condemn.
Believe me, we strive to real-
ize moments of the presence
of the Holy Spirit, the spirit of
peace and accountability.
Because our students are the
daughters and granddaughters
of people who have lived, been shaped
by, and given shape to the culture, our
task as a college is immense. Young
women entering Sweet Briar in the 1990s
know little of the deep, abiding intention
of God for peace, trust, and well-being.
They bring with them the disease, dis-
tress of lives lived from 1978 on. They
know separating and divorcing families,
alcohol abuse, sexual assault; they know
the insidious forms of racism and sexism
and classism in America. Their lives have
been lived amidst a corrosion of public
trust in our most sacred institutions —
the public distrust of educators, clergy,
bankers, health care centers. Their
families were affected by the collapse of
savings and loan companies, the greed, if
not corruption, of our most cherished
financial institutions. The automatic trust
of officials is no longer a part of a
"given" anticipation. They bring confused
understanding of what it is to be a young
woman with respect to their own sexuality.
They are alert to the danger of alcohol
misuse and the tragic consequences of
dieting, and yet, like generations before
them, they experiment. The peace, well-
being of God is a promise at the very
edge of their existence.
In the very best tradition of this
college, we labor not only to provide a
strong academic program. Much, much of
our energy and focus is purposefully
directed toward a four-year formation
process that, at least in part, reflects signs
of the peace, well-being that God
intends. We now have a standing com-
mittee of the College that deals with
wellness, and a required course called
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"fitness for life." Tfie Student Affairs divi-
sion of tfie College, and Carter Hopkins
'68, director of the LIFETIMES Center, are
tireless in their efforts to promote a sense
of health, well-being, and personal re-
sponsibility. Students themselves take a
lot of initiative in securing for future
generations of Sweet Briar students a
four-year interlude for learning the art
and craft of living together in a setting
where trust, not suspicion — generosity,
not greed — accountability, not irresponsi-
bility — are the operating mode.
The Honor System flourishes. I
suspect it is as strong today as when you
were here. It is a system that is an experi-
ment, not the standard for the culture —
and yet our sophomores, juniors, and
seniors are poised to welcome the Class
of 1997 and to teach them what it is to
live where truth and personal integrity,
not duplicity, is the ruling principle. For
two years in a row now, the student
government has sponsored a Self-Esteem
Week. And they have focused College
Council on issues of diversity and
inclusion. Even the tap clubs have altered
their patterns of behavior; they are less
competitive, more cooperative than when
I first came here, and observed occasional
misbehavings of QVs and Bum Chums.
This year those two clubs co-hosted with
the Chaplain's Office the fall Dinner
Discussion Series, and the campus-wide
effort to raise funds for our local Habitat
for Humanity contribution.
The reason I have so enjoyed my
years as Sweet Briar's chaplain is that at
the heart, the center of our effort as a
college, is the endeavor to equip our
young women witli die personal, religious,
and moral training they need in order
to go forth from this most privileged
environment to be agents for the realiza-
tion of the peace, well-being that God
intends. You, the Reunion classes
gathered in 1993, bear witness to the fact
that this college is more than a four-year
vocational training, more than a lush
respite from the obligations of adult life,
more than a getaway, hideaway for
young women. It is a college grounded
in spirit, allowing us occasional glimpses
of the promise of God: "Peace. ..Well-
being. ..The Shalom of God be with you."
Amen.
mini reunions
Tlie Class of 1944 wins, hands down, for the number of Mini Reunions held! As many
members as possible get together each spring to be convivial in a congenial spot.
Williamsburg, VA. 1990, L-r: Cathenne Tift Porter, Sweet Briar, 1992, L-r: Janet Staples Munt;
Betty Williams Gookin; Norma Bradley Arnold; Sydney Holmes Bales; Peggy Gordon Seller
Alice Lancaster Buck
Lexington, KY, 1991 , L-r: Anne Seguin Britt; Casey Britt; Frances Longino Sctiroder; Harry Vallery, Marty
Falk Vallery
Savannah], GA, 1993: Oyster Roast!
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The Class of 1943's 50th was a resounding success! Not only did they win the
Nancy Dowd Burton Award for the largest Reunion gift ($182,431 .92). and
the Participation Award for Classes Celebrating the 25th-50th Reunion, they
also deserved an unofficial award— for the class having the best time!— with
44 alumnae and 18 husbands on hand.
1 943 class officers, l-r: Nancy Pingree (Ping) Drake, Frances Gregg
Petersmeyer, Anne McJunkin (Junk) Briber, Reunion Gifts Co-Chairs;
Charlotte Garber Rudulph, Elizabeth Dichman Smith, Fund Agents; Dolores
Cheatham James, Reunion Chair; Katherine Doar Jones, Secretary.
Wearing gold crowns, Ping Drake (I) and Frances Petersmeyer (r) present the
class gift at Convocation.
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Three Daisy Chain members (celebrating reunions beyond the 50th) at Convocation, l-r: Evelyn Mullen '31 (62nd);
Virginia Camp Smith '36 (57th); Bessie Garbee Siegrist '38 (55th).
Lynn Crosby Gammill '58 announces a record-breaking grand total raised by 1993 Reunion classes: $538,659.31 .
The Friday night class picnics in the Quad
1973 class officers, l-r: Louise (Weezie) Blakeslee Gilpin, Reunion Chair & Fund Agent; Jane Potts, Kathleen Cochran
Schutze, Reunion Gifts Co-Chairs.
Saturday morning hayride for alumnae children and others young at heart!
1 973: 20 years out and still in its prime, according to 30 alumnae, 7 husbands on campus!
The Class of '73 won the Participation Award for Classes Celebrating the 5th-25th Reunions with 38% participation and
a gift of $16,774.52.
from Camelol, "'the Meny Month of May"
And it was a gorgeous
holiday weekend, filled
with events that offered
something for everyone,
from the serious Alumnae
College presentations by
Barbara Perry, Associate
Professor of Government
("Jefferson and the Wall
of Separation between
Church and State") and
Jennifer Crispen, Associ-
ate Professor of Physical
Education and Athletics
("All's Well That Ends
Well: Health, Nutrition
and Fitness in the Nine-
ties"), to the absolutely-
for-fun gatherings at class
picnics, late-night Bistro
Bops and the Saturday
night cocktail buffet with
faculty, .staff, and retirees
— visiting, dining, and
dancing from 7:00 p.m.
until. Among the very
special events were the
reception for artist Fay
Martin Chandler '43 at her
exhibition in the Babcock
Gallery; the dedication of
the Joan Brophy Tyree '53
memorial garden located
in front of the Wailes
Student Center, given "in
loving memory of Joan
Brophy Tyree by her
sons, and her friends in
the Class of 1953"; the
dedication of the Sweet
Briar College Columbarium
on Monument Hill; and
afternoon tea for the
Class of 1948, celebrating
its 45th, at Chaplain
Susan Lehman's home.
Herewith: a scrapbook
of memories of "that
gorgeous holiday."
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1948 at its 45th, sporting slnirts with the Sweet Briar Rose designed by Wayne
Stokes Goodall! The class raised a wonderful gift of $1 82,431 .92, with 74%
participation; 45 alumnae, 16 husbands attended.
1948 class officers, l-r: Elvira Whitehead Morse, Martha Mansfield Clement, Fund
Agents; Eleanor Potts Snodgrass, Reunion Chair; Maddin Lupton McCallie,
Secretary; Peggy Addington Twohy, Carolyn Rankin Mapother, Reunion Gifts
Co-Chairs.
Reuning Sweet Tones rehearse for Saturday night performance, l-r; Carrie Ruda
Clark 78; Becky Dane Evans 78; Lynne Gardner Detmer '68 (director); Lucy
Dennington Van Zandt 73; Becky Mulvihill McKenna 78; Temperance Parker
'63; Augusta Harrison Dunstan '88; Jennifer Bach Rosen '88; Melinda Sher '88.
The procession from Convocation to lunch on Saturday, led by (l-r): Lynn Crosby
Gammill '58, National Reunion Giving Chair; SBC President Barbara Hill;
Nancy Hudler Keuffel '62, President, Alumnae Association; Nathalie (Bobo)
Ryan Hoyt '72, Second Vice President, Alumnae Association Board, and
National Chair of Reunion.
Class of 1953 officers, l-r; Margaret Graves McClung, Reunion Gifts Co-Chair;
Mary Kimball Grier, Reunion Chair; Mary Ann Mellen Root, Reunion Gifts Co-
Chair; Isabel Grayson Parrish, Secretary; Virginia Hudson Toone, Fund Agent.
Class of 1953 Celebrates Fabulous 40th with 37 alumnae, 18 husbands,
participation rate of 57%, class gift of $31 ,643.70.
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Enjoying the Men's Lunch, l-r: Michael Renner (Pam Ivens 73); Steve Cole
(Lucy Darby 78); Jaci< Lanphor (Anne Stelle 78); Michael Badcock
(Michelle Brown 73).
John McClenon's Big Band "Cabaret," Saturday Night Cocktail Buffet.
1958 class officers, l-r: Jane Shipman Kuntz, Secretary; Eleanor Humphries
Schnabel, Fund Agent; Winnie Leigh Hamlin, Reunion Gifts Co-Chair.
1958 boasted 66% participation, and a gift of $60,880 for the 35th; 19
alumnae, 4 husbands gathered for the occasion.
1963 class officers, l-r: Nancy Dixon Brown, Fund Agent; Katherine Blackford
Collins, Secretary; Betty Stanly Cafes, Reunion Gifts Co-Chair; Anne Carter
Brothers, Reunion Chair; Elizabeth Randolph Lewis, Reunion Gifts Co-Chair.
Twenty-six alumnae and 5 husbands participated in 1963's 30th Reunion.
Betty Stanly Cafes and Elizabeth Randolph Lewis, Reunion Gifts Co-Chairs,
announced a gift of $45,642.19 and 53% participation.
At Electron Microscope: Professor Joanne Rosinski (Biology) with, l-r: Glenys
Dyer Church 73; Joseph Wyman; Anne Joyce Wyman '53; Barbara Cain
Hegarty '73.
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The Class of '68, 25 years down the road, with the right stuff and plenty of
spirit!
1 968 officers Lynne Gardner Detmer, Secretary, who arrived with an up-to-
date printout of class notes on attendees and non-attendees(!); Percy
Clarice Gwinn, Reunion Chair & Reunion Gifts Co-Chair, who announced a
gift of $25,320 and 40% participation.
1983 class officers, l-r; Lee Anne MacKenzie Chasfces, Reunion Gifts Co-
Chair; Mary Brown Watt Messer, Reunion Chair.
Happy Tenth to 1 983: 43 alumnae and 25 husbands toasted SBC with a gift
of $14,144.68 and 30% participation.
The Class of 1 978 was very noticeable with 50 alumnae and 26 husbands! —
and many children! — in residence. It is rumored that 78-ers made a late
Saturday night memorial run to The Texas Tavern.
Class of 78 officers, l-r: Dorothy Lear Mooney, Reunion Co-Chair; Lu Litton
Griffin, Fund Agent & Reunion Gifts Co-Chair; Lucy Darby Cole, Reunion
Co-Chair & Reunion Gifts Co-Chair; Julia Sutherland, Fund Agent & Reunion
Gifts Co-Chair; Melanie Bowen Steglich, Katherine Powell Heller, Co-
Secretaries. Class gift: $25,396.72; 34% participation.
1968 arrived 30 alumnae — and 7 husbands — strong!
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1988 officers, l-r: Tracy Tigerman Thompson, Secretary; Paige Sfiiller,
Stephanie Sprouse McCoy, Reunion Gifts Co-Chairs.
Thirty-two alumnae, 14 husbands returned for the Big Fifth: Here's to 1988 —
they're lookin' great!
Professor David Johnson (Psychology) demonstrates physiograph (lie detector)
to Pamela Dickens Sellars '83, with Sophia, 7 months; Lucy Chapman Millar
'83 (seated); Leslie Malone Berger '83.
Alumnae Art Exhibit, Pannell Gallery, l-r; 43-ers Marjorie Shugart Short; Posy
Hazard Potter; Anne McJunkin Briber (artist exhibiting bird carvings);
Frances Gregg Petersmeyer; Brooks Barnes.
Also at the Alumnae Art Exhibit in Pannell, l-r: Dodi Cheatham James '43,
exhibiting artist, talks with classmates Annabelle Forsch Prager, Muriel
Grymes Blumenthal, Letitia Ord Bonbright.
Professor John McClenon (Chemistry) adjusts the spin rate on the Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer as Mary Gress '68 looks on during tour
of Guion Science Center.
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Available in two sizes:
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C. Sweet Briar Rose T-shirt designed by the class
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Thanks to the following alumnae who are modeling
the Sweet Briar sweatshirts and T-shirts, l-r:
Vickie Campo '91. Cara Ardemagni '92, Tracy
Stuart '93. Our models all work in the Admissions
Office. The photographs were taken in front of
Boxwood Alumnae House and nearby.
Photos by Dave Abrams.
The Sweet Briar Rose is the symbol and the name-
sake of the College. We are pleased to offer a dish
that faithfully reproduces the Sweet Briar Rose.
This dish is crafted by Salt Marsh Pottery, which
specializes in wildflowers. Available in three sizes:
Small (4") $15.50
Oval (5-x6") $24.75
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Coffee Mug, white wXh four color seal. $9.95
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Pewter tumbler with Sweet Briar seal.
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$26.00
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"Sweet Briar College" in gold embroidery. Dart< green. M, L, XL. $57.50
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green border. "Sweet Briar College" in gold embroidery. Navy or dark green,
M, L, XL. $38.50
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Recent Deaths
Mrs. Paul H. Bowdre
(Elizabeth Holmes AC)
date unknown
Mrs. John A. S. Brown, Jr.
(Ruth Hulburd '20)
November 1, 1992
Mrs. M. Hatton Mason
(Mary Watts Hatton '20)
June 29, 1993
Mrs. Arthur A. Barricks
(Cordelia Kirkendall '25)
August 25, 1993
Mrs. George B. 'Van Wyck
(Katherine Van Cleve '26)
April 9, 1993
Mrs. William McClenny
(Bessie Brodie '27)
June 4, 1993
Mrs. Addison Brown Poland
(Florence K. Shortau '27)
March 1993
Louise Lutz '29
June 19, 1993
Mrs. John S. Smith
(Eliza Ruth Hasson '30)
April 1993
Mrs. Montie F. Cone
(Eleanor Faulk '31)
May 28, 1993
Mrs. John H. Moser
(Mary McGill Rogers '34)
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(Helen Orissa Holden '36)
April 5, 1993
Mrs. Howard Young
(Virginia Louise Rutty '36)
May 15, 1993
Mrs. Valeria G. Murphey
(Valeria Fain Gott '39)
May 28, 1993
Mrs. Stuart S. Taylor
(Mary Langfitt Law '43)
April 16, 1993
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April 20, 1993
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April 21, 1993
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
SWEET
BRIAR
COLLEGE
1921
Gertrude Pauly Crawford writes: I
love Sweel Briar! !! Feel i ng tine and busy witti
my great grandctiildren."
1925
Secretary: Cordelia Kirkendall
Barrjcks
Please excuse all mistakes. You might
be among ttie living when I have you de-
ceased. I try to keep in order and compare
the 1991 and 1993 computerized records I
have. I believe we lost 3 class members since
my writing ot a year ago: Margaret Meals
Ewart, Lucy Reaves Utterback, and
MaryWelctiHemptilll
I'm sure you know what goes on at an
active retirement home so I am kept as busy
as I want. I don't go out alone and walk with
a cane due to a light stroke. The Towers has
a limousine which takes its residents on
shopping trips, doctor appointments, and
sight-seeing. Family and triends help me
with my needs. 6/92 my son. Bob, accom-
panied me to the N.W. to see my oldest son
and his wife, my two granddaughters and
their tamilies, my husband's niece, and
friends -all living in ditterent places. The trip
was delightful, but I feel my tripping days are
over. I had another fall upon my return so
now qualify lor "The Fallen Woman's Club."
7/92 I attended a 100th birthday party and
1/93 was present at a 102nd. A real treat was
seeing photos of Antarctica, taken by resi-
dents who went there. The Towers celebrate
all the special occasion days. I dressed up
for Halloween as a native American and won
second prize. Thanksgiving was one of real
meaning at my granddaughter's home near
Los Angeles. There were 11 of us from ages
one year to 89 plus. Christmas Eve Santa
Claus visited us at my son's and daughter-
in-law's home. Christmas day they came to
me. The two occasions were merry and
happy. Four Towers' residents meet for
New Year's Eve. Cocktails, dinner, and
bridge are on the agenda. I was ovenwhelmed
at all the tribute paid me on my 90th
birthday. My sons and families gave me a
gorgeous cocktail party tor 21 6. Alas! I had
no hors d'oeuvres nor cocktails because I
was so busy greeting and adieuing all the
guests. My niece and her husband came
from PA. Weather was horrible. However, we
welcomed the rain after six years of drought.
In April my oldest granddaughter, her hus-
band, and their two children came from
Whidbey Island, Wa. State. Both Duane and
Lana teach. The children are 5 and 7 so our
family gatherings were very lively and re-
warding. Easter was a joyous one. I am tak-
ing a class in lipreading, but it is most
difficult. Our class dwindled from 50 to six
so our teacher no longer was allowed to
come "for free." Four of us are trying to meet
and practice what we have learned
I'll now start my responses, for which I
thank you Margaret Hogue Pfautz had
a good 1992 as did her tamily, including 1 1
great-grands, with two more on the way. Her
bridge winnings are on the plus side. Mar-
garet was spending a week with her Florida
daughter and they were housebound for
three days because of the snow - imagine
this in March. She was housebound again
when she got to her Maryland home due to
terrible fog, snow, and icy steps. Tallulati
Holloway Harris is "bugged" with arthri-
tis, but is better when the sun shines. Her
area has been plagued by too much rain. Her
social life is nil. Like many of us she doesn't
go out at night. Tallulah had a horrible ex-
perience when she returned from errands
and was grabbed by a robber who took her
billfold. Ruth Pratt Jones has also joined
the "fallen women" and was bedridden and
had casts, but was doing o.k. A bright spot
was getting in contact with Kay Agard
Flewelling after 68 years Katherine
Flewelling, still in Pasadena, plays a lot of
bridge and had her driving license renewed
for 4 years. I had a letter from Betty Moore
Rusk, Class of 1 926, who wrote me about her
classmate, Marjorie Shepherd's, death, Feb-
ruary 1 993. Mariorie was a long time friend
of mine, living near my home town ot
Wilkes-Barre, Pa Dorotliy Herbison
Hawkins is alone in her home, but receiv-
ing thoughtful care from her three children
and many friends. Dot is soon expecting to
be in a retirement home. I hope she will be
as happy as I am in mine. Finally, her gar-
den shows sign of spring, welcomed after
an old-fashioned winter of 130 inches of
snow. Dot has no contact with any Sweet
Briar members in her Rochester, N.Y. area.
Mary Sailer Gardiner's companion of ten
years wrote lor Mary, who celebrated her
90th birthday on Valentine's Day with her
attentive family. She is reported to be as we
remember her, warm, sweet, and gentle, and
enjoys letters, phone calls, and the company
of friends and family. Her memory is short,
but not her spirit
We started out with 131 in our class.
Now there are 42. There may be a few more
who are lost, but may still be living. Thank
you for making it possible for me to write a
column. Love, Deedie.
Ed's note: Just before press time, the
Alumnae Office recieved from Deedie's son,
Robert Bucl<man, the sad news that Deedie
passed away on 8/25/93. Robert wrote that
his mother ai ways enjoyed putting together
the annual class notes with the help of his
wife, Sharon.
1929
President, Acting Secretary:
Sara Callison Jamison
Fund Agent: Belle Brockenbrougli
Hutchlns
Here I am in April struggling to write a
newsletter before I leave Naples. Daughter
Jane Messer '59 is coming to drive me home
early this year as her son, Jamison Tatman,
is to be married in Cincinnati 5/8. The first
news is from faithful Izzy North Goodwin
who is at last a great-grandmother, a boy in
Nov. and a girl in Augusta, GA in March. She
stays busy and goes where she is invited.
She fished at Dataw Is, during the Masters.
As she says the fishing is better for her back
than golt Gertrude Hickin Sigmon,
whose poems were published in the SBC
magazine while she was a student, has been
invited to become a member of the Interna-
tional Society of Poets. Her poem "Aban-
doned My House" will be in the collection.
Best Poems of the 90's. After retirement she
received a creative writing scholarship from
Virginia Tech where she did graduate work.
She keeps occupied with her mini Habitat for
Humanity and Rent-to-Buy for low income
families. Claire Hoyt Gaversays her most
important message is that she is still around
to send in news. She continues to volunteer
in library, education, and seniors fields.
Jean Crowe Hutcheson and I just missed
seeing each other again after nearly 67 years
when she drove through Naples this winter
en route to Bellair where she spent 2 weeks
with her children. She has 9 grandchildren
and 6 greats. She sees Footsie Miles often
and enjoys visiting old friends near her and
in Philadelphia. Anne Brent Winn's letter
came too late to be included in the last col-
umn but it will have to be current tor us. She
went to SBC May with her granddaughter
Anne Mason Benjimin from N. Zealand who
hopes to be a Sweet Briar student in a few
years. Grandson Blanton visited Anne last
Aug., her daughter Anne in Sept., and David
Benjimin will come next year. A plus lor
Anne is that her son John Winn Jr. now lives
in Lexington near her. A cataract operation
that proved unsatisfactory causes eye prob-
lems for Anne. She describes herself as a
"leftover housewife".
Still steadily flapping along is Evaline
Edmonds Thoma who plays golf and
bridge, paints, volunteers for the U.I Con-
gress, Reading for the Blind Project out of
Phoenix and reports that the days fly by in
spite ot no real excitement. Last summer I
had a delightful visit with May Queen Belle
Hutchins and enjoyed time with 3 ot her fine
sons who live on the Chicago North Shore,
John and his wife Suzy, their 3 children and
black Lab, Coleman and Toni and their 2
sons, Harley and Terry and their 3 children.
We played golf and bridge and had lunch
with Virginia Tingle Madden ex 29. John and
Suzy have a winter home in Vero Beach so
Belle sees them year round. Our thanks to
Belle for taking over the job of Fund Agent.
We can be proud of the annual giving for our
class the past 2 years which is 62.3%.
Daughter Jane Messer '59 and I traveled
to San Diego, CA in Oct. to see grandson
Scott Tatman and found there 2 SBC class-
mates of Jane's, Sue Perry Farmer and
Bambi Price Carne. We had a picnic on the
beach and a delightful mini reunion. When
in Naples I see Peachy Lillard Manning '50
who lives in the same apt. complex as mine.
Peachy plays tennis and fishes while I play
bridge and goll but we meet at the pool. We
both unfortunately missed the Naples SBC
meeting in March. There is a large group of
Briarites in the area. I spent last Christmas
with son Jamie and family in Williamsburg,
VA - something I had always wanted to do.
The atmosphere and decor was as beautiful
as anticipated. This is a banner year for me.
My first "great" John Jamison Palazzo was
born in December and my eldest grandson
will be married in May which will be the
cause for a good family gathering
Rosa Heath Bridges says she always
loves to read about our class in the maga-
zine and to learn that we are still active and
mobile. She hopes to keep on travelling as
long as airports have wheelchairs and as
long as there are art galleries and museums
and taxis to transport her. She and daughter
Rosa visited London for the 9th time and she
says it would be lovely to go there one more
time in the spring or summer with the Sweet
Briar group. Travel officer please note, she
says, Jane Wilkinson Banyard has been
retired from H.A.E. Smith, Ltd. in Bermuda
since 1 991 and says she is still not organized
after 33 years of working. However, her vol-
unteer work has increased to include 2 days
a week in the hospital doing flowers and
cashiering in the coffee shop, 1 day in the
hospital thrift shop and 1 day a week in the
National Trust gift shop. She had a small
surgical repair job in Oct. which slowed her
down for a while and caused her to miss her
early morning ocean swims. Wow!
Ginny Chaffee Gwynn struck a nos-
talgic note when she wrote that she had ob-
tained the recipe for Jenny's nut muffins, the
kind we used to order for lunch every Satur-
day when we went shopping in Lynchburg.
She makes them often, freezes them and
enjoys them for breakfast. She is very
ALUMNAE MAGAZINE
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pleased with her life at Bentley Village in
Naples where she is an avid bridge player.
Lisa Guigon Shinberger reports that on
SBC Founders Day her daughter Baird '67
received the Helen IVIcClure Gager Amrd in
Chemistry. Baird's son David is in his sec-
ond year at West Point where he received
honors. Lisa's son John and his wife teach
in Spotsylvania High School where they have
been worl<ing hard to gain proper teachers
salaries. I can still recommend Ruth's Diner
at Torch Lal(e where Ruth Meredith
Smythe and I continued our in-depth remi-
niscences. She took me in as a roomer and
boarder when my daughter Jane's cottage
was too small to house the family and visi-
tors. Ruth continued her ardent interest in
politics and has a granddaughter Gaines
Grider who shares that interest. Gaines will
be married at Torch Lal<e in Aug. I want to
share with you a letter from Ruth. "As octo-
genarians we can truly say that the bonds of
friendship formed at SBC last a lifetime and
the education we received there has stood us
in good stead, made our lives more interest-
ing, and guickened our concern and respon-
sibility tor the world in which we live.
As for where I live following the pattern,
I just moved into a retirement community.
Not bad; as you find new friends never take
the place of the old ones but fill the vacuum
left by those you've lost and the intelligence
and interests of some of these old birds is
undiminished. The added bonus is that your
children don't have to worry that you might
fall in the night or forget to turn the stove off.
So hang in there, kids, old age isn't all bad.
Again - 1 am greatly indebted to IVtaggie
lyiohlman Degler '54 tor using her time and
trusty computer to make this letter legible.
Please don't fail to write because you think
your news is unimportant. The fact that
you're able to communicate at all is good
news. Keep on flapping as Eleanor Duval
Spruill has admonished us.
PS. Travel notes that arrived late in-
cluded those of Jo Tatman Mason who
had been cruising on the Vista Fjord in The
ryiediterranean, and of Virginia Lee
Campbell Clinch who had just returned
from a National Heritage trip to Athens and
The Greek Islands with her daughter. Virginia
Lee takes the prize for unusual and exotic
travels and Is planning more of them. Let's
hope that the travel bug brings the 29ers
back to SBC for our 65th next IWay.
1933
Co-presidents: Margaret Imbrie
and Mary Imbrie
Secretary pro tern: Mary Imbrie
Greetings to all who belonged to Class
of '33 and our thanks to those who sent
notes, cards, and letters. If you think 60 years
is a long time ago, remember as freshmen
we arrived on campus in 1929!
Lil Allison Redman and John cruised
the Panama Canal in Jan, They expect their
daughter from CO to visit this fall. Lil hears
from Margaret McReynolds St. Clair
and Jane Taylor Lacy A new address for
Mary Brooks Barnhart Carlton is a
lovely retirement complex on Signal tvloun-
tain. TN just outside Chattanooga. For 25
years she has volunteered for "Changed
Lives", a radio and TV ministry of Ben
Haden, pastor of her church. She visits fam-
ily and friends annually in CA. Mary E.
Clemens Porzelius, "glad to be alive and
kicking," continues with bridge, sewing,
reading. She lost 2 good friends in '92,
Carolyn Wilson Hunt and Rose Beverly
Bear Burks. In fvlarch she planned to go to
NYC for opening of her grandson's show at
the fyjuseum of Ivlodern Art. Doris Crane
Loveland continues calligraphy for the
hospital and activities of Garden Club and
Colonial Dames in Centreville, MD, where
she and Sam live on the farm they wish they
could sell and then retire to Stonegates,
Greenville, DE.
Nevil Crute Holmes and Win moved
to Bentley Village in Naples, FL, the elegant
life-care retirement facility across the
street from the large home they sold last
year. She volunteers there and at church, and
also plays golf! They have 2 daughters, one
in Cincinnati, the other in Racine, Wl.
Elena Doty Angus and Bruce still live in
Charlottesville, VA, where Elena enjoys over-
seeing work on their gorgeous garden. A
newsy card from Sue Graves Stubbs re-
ported her daughter Sue Cutler lives in NYC
and Old Lyme, CT, her elder son, Dr. W.K.
Stubbs, Jr, (listed in the first edition of "The
Best Doctors in America, 1992-93"), in Vera
Beach, FL: and her younger son, John, in
NYC where he operates a book and print
gallery, teaches a course at Columbia, and
is also program director for the World IVIonu-
ment Fund, which group has sent him to
Cambodia 3 times this yr. and to Armenia
and Spain. The youngest of her 6 grandchil-
dren is a jr. at Princeton; another was mar-
ried in April in Atlanta and Sue attended In
Feb. she joined Ella Jesse Latham for
their visit to St. John's Island, FL, where they
met President Barbara Hill who addressed a
meeting sponsored by Walter Brown. Sue
still lives in her 50-year-old home and
"keeps busy with Colonial Dames, G.C.A.,
friends, family and much duplicate bridge."
Recently Elizabeth S. Gray, a native
Virginian, was appointed to the Board of
Directors of Rappahannock Westminster-
Canterbury, a CCRC to which she moved in
1991 from Irvington. She already had an im-
pressive background of corporate manage-
ment in her 52-yr. career with Chesapeake
Corporation in West Point. Space limitations
won't allow me to list the other boards, com-
mittees, and councils on which she has
served or the offices she has held. Lib has
also been involved with church, civic and
political activities, as well as historical so-
cieties and museums, tor years and years.
A student at SBC for only jr. yr., she hoped
to return for reunion in May. Sarah Hous-
ton Baker and Hugh in 1992 moved on her
80th birthday from a large house plus 5 acres
on Lake Decatur to a small one with a tiny
yard. Hugh had a knee replacement last Nov.
and one for the other knee was planned for
April. Their son, now able to live alone, is
employed to work on Illinois license plates.
Their daughter, a dedicated teacher of Ger-
man, last year spent 10 days in Dresden, at
the German government's invitation, study-
ing East German education. She has boys
aged 9 and 11, Sarah hears occasionally
from Mary E. demons Porzelius, Fran
Powell Zoppa, Jo Rucker Powell, and
Margaret McReynolds St. Clair
Lucy Oliver Brooks and John moved
into a lovely new cottage at the Presbyterian
Home in Lexington, SC. Though "a bit tar
from Columbia", they "do a lot of driving!"
Jane Martin Person and Harold still oc-
cupy their new 100-year-old house in
Stanchfield, MN. and their children and
grandchildren all live within a 50-mile ra-
dius. She continues her interest in the church
library, reading, and spending time with their
children. She and Harold are "environmen-
tally aware and trying to keep Minneapolis
from expanding to their back door. Farmland
is shrinking!" Helen Martin, Jane's sister
in Ambler, PA, is more or less confined to
home right now, due to a broken hip and the
need tor cataract surgery. Frances E.
Neville Newberry and her husband live in
No, Platte, NE and have a winter home in
Green Valley, AZ where she keeps busy with
golf, bridge, P.E.O. and other activities and
entertains visitors as well. Last winter's in-
cluded daughter Ann Landes who is H.S.
Guidance Counselor in Columbia, MO,
grandson Air Force 1st Lt. Daniel Edwards
whose bride (also AF) was serving in Saudi
Arabia, and her brother and sister-in-law.
Last summer Frances visited Eleanor
NIggli Tyler in TX. She also keeps up with
Marjorie Kay Peebles
Mary Nel Neville Sieman has 4 very
young great-grandchildren; two live in No.
Platte and she sees them often, and 2 live in
FL. In winter she visits them and other rela-
tives. When not visiting or on a cruise with
family members, Mary Nel is busy with
P.E.O , DA R., Art Study League, church
guild, and No. Platte Art and Humanities
Committee. This winter the "blizzard of the
century" caught up with her and her daugh-
ter from Omaha when they were snowed in
at the Watergate Hotel in Washington tor 2
days with an Omaha Opera Tour Group.
Mary Nel could not attend 1933's 60th, but
did a great job producing the Class Scrap-
book for the reunion. We are indebted to her
and commend her lor that big contribution.
Mary Kate Patton Bromfield and
Bing enioy their great-granddaughter (1)
who lives nearby in No. Canton, CT. Their
ballerina granddaughter, Sarah Barber, still
dances with the San Francisco Ballet while
she finishes h s Mildred Redmond
Vaughn, nowa widow, lives in Birmingham,
AL. Her daughter Martha, CPA Accountant
lor the CA Lung Assoc, has one daughter,
Sarah, a soph, at U.PA. Mildred's second
child is C. David Vaughn whose law firm is
Vaughn-Murphy. His wife is a lawryer also,
in her first year. Their 2 sons attend West
Minster. While at SBC Mildred roomed with
Margaret Ross Adam ('34). Her daughter.
Perry Ellice Adam, and Perry's 2 daughters
graduated from SBC. Mildred keeps in close
touch with them. She also sees Mary Alice
Durham Ellis and all the Birmingham girls
who were at SBC only one year and, of
course, her sister Alwyn Redmond Barrow
('29). Mildred keeps busy with bridge, gar-
den, literary and study clubs, Antiguarian
Society and Baptist Church.
Frances Powell Zoppa can still do
what she wants to do and is grateful.
Marjorie Ris Hyland, widowed a year ago.
plans to move to a retirement facility almost
next door to her younger daughter in
Rockville, MD. She is looking fonward to
Washington, DCs cultural advantages, a
change from golf! Jeannette Shambaugh
Elliott is "writing a book using a Toshiba
laptop and enioying the whole thing!" Jean
van Home Baber is as busy as ever in
Chestnut Hill, PA, and on Hilton Head Island,
SC, where she spends 2 mos. twice a year.
She paints, does needlepoint, and conducts
classes in these crafts. She leads a group
interested in the Civil War and is a decent at
two historic houses, Cliveden in German-
town and the Powel House in Phila. She also
finds time to be part of her Presbyterian
Church Women's Society. Jean reports that
Marjorie Gubelman Hastert in Honolulu
"continues to play golf and work at hospital,
and does a lot of crafts at Christmastime."
She may attend her granddaughter's gradu-
ation in June from Colby College in ME.
Virginia Vesey Woodward some
time ago moved to The Devonshire in Hamp-
ton, VA, where she enjoys bridge and bingo.
Use of her right arm is progressing but
slowly, so writing is still a task. She hears
from Anne Brooke in Virginia Beach, who
plans to visit her Margaret Wayland
Taylor and Robert enjoy a busy life at
The Colonnades (Retirement Home) in
Charlottesville with new friends, activities,
lectures, theatre, etc. Their daughter Helen
in Washington, DC visits often.
Both of us can say the same about our
life here at Medford Leas, a CCRC operated
by Quakers in Medford, NJ, only 25 miles
from Woodbury and 18 miles from Phila.
Best wishes and thanks for writing.
1937
Secretary: Natalie Hopkins Griggs
My best news is that Biddy Sicard
Sita is going to take over as class secretary.
She spends the summers in Europe but is
in Naples, FL thru May so she'll be able to
write and hear from us all while she's on this
side of the ocean. I didn't even have to twist
her arm to volunteer and I know we all are
truly grateful.
Molly Gruber Stoddart writes that
she has survived the first year of widowhood.
I think it's lucky that there are so many things
that must be attended to that year. She is
back now volunteering at the Philadelphia
Museum of Art and playing golf. Marion
Leggett Whyte is another whom I'm sure
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is glad to say goodbye to 1992. Stie tiad a
mastectomy last summer but also is back on
tfie golf course ttiis spring and volunteering
at the tiospital Maggie Comwell Schmidt
didn't elaborate but stie's always busy witti
good works and nice trips and she must be
tiealthy because she's expecting to see us all
in 97 May Weston Thompson and her
husband are happy and well and going to
Bart's 60th reunion at Colgate this June. I'm
disappointed with May, tho', because she
went to an exhibition at the Wilmington
Museum without calling me. I was a host-
ess there but obviously at a different time.
Brad Forsyth says the long, cold and wet
winter has made everything late and miser-
able for man and cattle on their farm. Dottie
Gorsuch has had a hip replacement and a
second cataract removal and her neighbor-
hood on the Jersey shore suffered from last
winter's storm but with spring it sounds as
if she and the land are recovering and she
was looking forward to seeing Peter Dyer
Sorenson and her beautiful garden. Mar-
garet Sandidge Miller sounds busy and
happy in Annapolis. She and her husband
are in a community that offers Adult Educa-
tion classes, golf, swimming, tennis, and
very nice people.
I |ust called Nancy Nalle Genung who
seems to be getting back into real estate
'without really trying' because so many of
their friends are moving into retirement
homes and giving her their houses to sell.
She says she and At are slowing up but they
don't sound it. Peggy Cruikshank Dyer
and Holmes must be somewhere between FL
and MA on their bi-annual treks. They seem
equally active in both states - tennis, sail-
ing, gardening and enjoying their 13 grand-
children. I have 13, too, but they are going
to beat me with 2 more soon. Aggie
Crawford Bates is still working in her gar-
den and playing bridge as well as volunteer-
ing in the Gloucester Library. She had a
cancer operation last tall but certainly hasn't
let that change her life. Frances Johnson
Finley and her husband are other trekkers
from FL to VA and sound line with no spe-
cial news which actually is good news at our
age. Elizabeth Lee McPhail and her hus-
band celebrated their 50th anniversary this
year surrounded with children, grand-
children, and many friends. Wes Ward
Francis is still our traveler. She was clos-
ing her house in FL and packing for PA so
she could make a meeting at West Point, a
grandson's graduation from college and a bit
later short trips to Saratoga, Boston, Nan-
tucket and Aspen. Scotland was a 'maybe' in
Aug. She's hoping to launch a National Drug
and Crime Prevention program in the recre-
ation and park depts. around the country.
Polly Lambeth Blackwell couldn t
be at our reunion last year because their first
grandson was graduating from Swathmore
the same day. She and her husband have
another grandchild at Brown and one at Wil-
liams so they have at least 2 happy Junes
before them. Rosalie Hall Hurst is very
active in the Alliance lor the Mentally III, an
organization started 12 yrs. ago by parents
of mentally ill adults. The members are ad-
vocates for the severely mental ly i 1 1 who can
only be partially helped by medication.
Rosalie's daughter is in that group. This is a
lifetime commitment. Rosalie recently broke
her arm very badly which she said interferes
with her golf. It certainly hasn't interfered with
her spirit. Barbara Jarvis Thomas has
had a lot of health problems this year and she
is very thanklul that she moved into a retire-
ment home a few years ago. Izzy Olmstead
Haynes also moved into one last year. Her's
is in CT and she sounds busier than ever.
I'll miss getting your cards next but I
think it's good to have a change of viewpoint
and I'm looking tonward to reading Biddy's
notes from you all.
1941
President: Joan DeVore Roth
Secretary: Barbara Holman Whitcomb
Fund Agents: Barbara Nevens Young,
Jane Loveland Byerts
In memoriam - we have lost 3 of our
classmates this year. We'll all remember
them Joan Meacham Gay, Louise Duff
and Judy Hoeber. Several ol our class-
mates have lost their husbands and we all
share their grief. I hope our friendships will
help them all.
Thank you all for your great postcards.
We have a wonderful class, as you all know.
Last year, one classmate was not included
in the class notes - me. So, I'll bring you up-
to-date, I still manage a mini-mall in
Wellesley built by my grandfather. We have
18 retail tenants (no vacancies). I deal with
leaking roofs, parking problems, snow and
sanding, and hopefully no vacancies. For
most of 1 992, 1 worked with contractors who
removed the 70 yr.-old facade and restored
it with GFRC. Don't I sound intelligenf? My
other interests are my family - 2 sons and 2
grandchildren. Karen is capt. of the Colby
College Softball team while Brian is a fresh-
man at Northeastern in Boston.
I am envious of all the get-togethers you
all told me about. We need a travel commit-
tee to let us know where to see each other.
The biggest get-together is in the Naples-
Fort Myers area in Feb. Helen Watson
Hill, Lucy Parton Miller, Helen Gwinn
Wallace, Ann Burroughs O'Connor,
Joan Myers Cole, Pat Sorenson
Ackard, "Edge" Cardamon O'Donnell,
Jean Ruggles Hall, and Wilma Cavett
Bird. I wish I had been there. There was a
spin-off at Lake Wales Country Club.
"Piney" Martin Patterson, "Butch "
Gurney Betz, and Helen Ann Littleton
White had a great time together.
In the summer there are reunions in
the Adironacks where "Butch", Decca
Gilmer Frackelton and Marie Gaffney
Barry get together. At Cape Cod, Jean
Ruggles Hall sees Judy Davidson
Walker Olivia Rhodes Woodin and
"Charlie" Davenport Tuttle visited each
other at their husbands' reunion at Williams
College.
Gertrude Marill Stanfield, Helen
Hamilton Bixby and Phyllis Carr
Beinhoen have covered Europe and Asia.
Jo Harlan Darby, Margaret Craighill
Price and "Oedore" Roth enjoy visiting
their kids and grandchildren as do Helen
Carmine Barber and Mary Scully
OIney. Jane Loveland Byerts is a very
busy lady, sewing, gardening and volunteer-
ing Virginia Cutter Smith takes courses
at CA State and Ellie Damgard Firth is
really studying serious bridge, "Tibba"
Hudson Boba is so busy with family she
misses singing in the choir.
For next year how about sending me
cards during the year. Then I can get my re-
port in on time.
1945
President: Elizabeth Zulich Reuter
Secretary: Harriet Wlllcox Gearharl
Fund Agent: Jean Moores McCulloch
Oops, deadline time! But notes still com-
ing in! May is a beautiful, busy month! Now
that David is becoming such a 'Marrying
Sam' we continue to rack up many marriage
miles in lovely places like Wellesley, MA in
the spring, and looking forward to
Charlottesville in the tall. Which reminds me
of Ellen Gilliam Perry's newsy note. She
and Marvin enjoyed a wonderful cruise
through the Panama Canal - Cartagena to
Acapuico - and, of course, visits with their
2 daughters and families. She loved seeing
Lile Tucker Bell at a Farmington luncheon
hosted by sister Maria Tucker Bowerfind,
and had seen Edie Page Gill Breakell and
Stan when former was involved with a wild-
flower garden atop Mill Mountain. Inciden-
tally, Perk Traugott Brown sounds to be
local consultant for Edie Page whose son is
soon to be married at Va. Beach! David and
I loved greeting the New Year with Perk at
sister 'Patty's Place' near Easton, MD where
Jim and Patty Rouse retreat as often as pos-
sible. This was a real 'think lank' experience
- not unlike Clinton's Hilton Head gather-
ing, on a slightly smaller scale! Shortly
thereafter we enjoyed a night with Perk at her
lovely new Va, Beach condo, where Lyn
Dillard Grqnes joined us for dinner, just
back from China and sporting a darling
jacket from there - lined with newspapers
(She and Perk are preaching recycling to
hundreds of school kids). Our next SBC stop
was in charming Camden, SC and a won-
derful overnight with Harriet Porcher
Barnwell and Bob. They've discovered the
Fountain of Youth, I'm convinced, and bloom
right along with Bob's beautiful nursery
business that blossoms all around their
gorgeous homestead. I want their secret!
In Savannah we caught a glimpse of
Moe Christian Schley and Dick at the
Oglethorpe Club, and got the grand tour of
a lovely new home Nancy Ellinger Minor
and Raleigh have built at the Landings on
Skidaway Island. Also a fine lunch visit with
Candy Greene Satterfield at Hilton Head
After an Anglican Fellowship ol Prayer Con-
ference near Orlando we surfaced in Vero
Beach with Lehigh friends and I had a good
phone visit with Hilda Hude Chapin. Just
disappointed we couldn't lake up her invite
to stop by. John's Island sounds like an SBC
satellite for sure Julie Mills Jacobson
visited there with her only sister. Julie is in-
volved with the Big Fund Drive, and still hard
at work with the College-Univ. Resource In-
stitute, planning a study tour to England in
Sept. Inquiries are welcome! Unfortunately
we're already booked lor a trip in that direc-
tion - just minutes after a big 70th birthday
celebration for David, that has consumed my
spring, happily. All our kinder slated to
come, and plenty of family and friends. Birth-
day, May 15. English departure. May 19.
David still preaches in Tunis Mills Chapel,
a neat congregation,
Betty Avery Duff and Frank have
moved to Lookout Mountain, after all of her
life in the same area. One son nearby, an-
other in CA, writing. Their daughter has
moved to Rye, NY, from Manhattan, where
our 2, Sarah and Mary, still reside. Sarah's
Mercer Street Bookstore continues to ex-
pand, and Mary '78 is plugging into the field
of free-lance photography, shooting scenes
from Scotland to Czechoslovakia. Leiia
Barnes Cheatham and Jake continue their
travel pattern with Sea Island, Maritime
Canada, and Boston already under their belts
this year. And true to form, Cappy Price
Bass and Bruce have been to France
(Barbara Hill aboard), Holland, Belgium. S.
Africa, all sandwiched in with Delray de-
lights. I missed her in these parts in Aug.
when I was out visiting our daughter Rosalie
on their houseboat in Sausalito. She and
John now have moved into their first little
home in Mill Valley, CA. Can't wait to see it!
Hel Davis Wohlers saw Tutti Hall
Peckham in Nashville where the latter
hangs her hat - as volunteer, tennis and golf
player when they're not traveling. Hel still
walks on foreign soil - Portugal last fall, In-
dia and Nepal after that, so should be in good
shape for biking along the Danube! She
(still) heads the Brevard Friends of Library
and loves their summer Music Center. She'd
also seen Jean Moores McCulloch at
Lake Lure. Jean rang recently. Always so
grateful for your generous contribution to the
Fund. She's doing a great job. They've been
south, with stays in FL and NC, Betty Healy
Cutler and Gordon are making up for lost
lime enjoying CA, Canada, Mexico, and Wl.
All of which beats all of those trips to the
hospital! They even went to Gordon's 60th
Reunion at Exeter! Hedy Edwards Daven-
port has joined the 70 Club. Her offspring
surprised her, but good! She, too, has sold
the big house (to a daughter), and is build-
ing on a fabulous sounding site nearby.
Weather hasn't cooperated, but chairing
Hunter Museum auction (again) has kept her
out of trouble. There's a family outing to AK
on the books for this summer. Grands now
range in age from 2 yrs. to a college jr. Lib
Hicks Pollard and Julian got a most ex-
citing Christmas gift - their first grandchild,
Alex. Congratulations! Martha Holton
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Glessen is playing with a new computer,
wfiich can be a bit frustrating as well as fun.
I'm impressed, I still can't ever worl< ttie VCR
our l<ids gave us over a year ago. Ann
McLean Loomis reports that Gil is now
retired and can ride the QE II with her. She's
bool<ed for her 1 0th trip. One year castles and
cathedrals in Kent and London, Before that
Wales and Cotswolds (we'll be a week in
mostly Cotswolds soon). This year it's
mostly Scotland, Their 3 grands are in col-
lege, the youngest in HI, where his dad is a
Lt. Col, in the IWarine Corps. Poor Joyce
Liwermore Faust has been laid low after
serious back surgery, but sounds to be
mending on schedule and we hope will have
soon shed her brace and be able to relax at
their northern fVII lake home, where they
spend 6 mos. of each year. And now the big
excitement - Ruth Longmire Wagner's
marriage after 13 yrs, of widowhood! The
lucky man is James IVI. Skelton, a retired
internist with 3 married sons. Together they
boast 17 grandchildren. That even beats
Hedy! I haven't seen Ruth since the General
Convention ol the Episcopal Church in
Houston years ago. Those Briarites really
knew how to roll out the red carpet. It was
great fun for me Irene McDonnell Hill is
working up to finding a smaller house. They
go away for 3 mos, of winter and 3 mos, ol
summer Pan! Matton Luckett is back in
Louisville after her Naples scjourn. Only 1 6
at SBC luncheon there this year. But good
lellowship! Cappy and Bruce had been
in Naples and also Joan Darby West and
Cliff, whom we have enjoyed having
near-by in Chestertown.
Alice Nicolson Mcllvaine and Bob
have their boat on the market, so will char-
ter now and have plans for cruises in the
Pacific Northwest, We just missed them in
Seal Harbor last summer. Their daughter in
Kenya is working with wildlife and conser-
vation, and son graduating in architecture
from UCLA Jean Ridler Fahrenbach,
still feeling the loss of her husband, to which
Lite Bell can relate, I know. Jean's engineer
son is living with her and busy learning
Slovak so he can communicate with his
girlfriend's family. Jean saw her grand-
daughter swim (takes alter her mother) in the
New England Masters in VT where daughter
works for IBM. I suspect she's in Burlington
area where our son Tyler is now full time
grad, student at the U of VT in Historic
Preservation, Jean's other daughter is on a
fellowship at the U ol MA Health Center in
Worcester, Life Bell's son and family live
in Staunton, and the 3 daughters are all in
Richmond. She feels fortunate to have all
close by and enjoyed a trip to Seattle with 2
ol her girls visiting family. They then had a
gorgeous motor trip through Victoria,
Vancouver, Banff and Lake Louise. Inciden-
tally, Lite shares a grandson at W&L with
Libby Lancaster Washburn Rang Jodie
Morgan Hartman. She's busy with Dames
luncheon, garden club, and traveling all over
the place with Jim. We missed them by min-
utes (well, day or 2) in Fl, and hear they had
a great time on the Delta Queen. They're
coming east with a group to see Barnes
Collection in DC, look in on Ade Jones
Voorhees and Coerte on the Northern Neck
(Ade and Coerte had a meal with Anne
Dickson Jordan and Chick at some point)
before touring in the Charlottesville area.
Anyway, wonder if they were on the same
SBC Delta Queen cruise that Chickie
Chidester Heywood enioyed so much.
Chickie reports 2 more granddaughters, one
in Boston and one in Allentown, PA - with a
running total of 5 boys and 5 girls. The
YMCA, United Way, and church vestry still
keep her busy Elizabeth Zulick Reuter
wishes our 50th could be in the fall in her
PA hills where foliage is so glorious. Maybe
a mini there sometime? In the tall Zu remi-
nisces about the apples Diddy Gaylord
Thompson's dad always sent.
At the moment Zu's a bit limited with a
broken ankle and cracked rib. She had 5
wonderful weeks skiing in CO first! She and
Don have 5 grands! Now I think we have a
FIRST in our class Sarah Temple Moore
and Tom are great-grandparents, thanks to
son Tom III. And, if I have this all straight,
Tom Ill's mother was priested at Trinity
Church, Boston the same weekend the baby
arrived! Sarah and Tom still selling art. Now
includes portraits as well. They, too, travel.
Islamorada, St. Martin's - and Sarah enjoys
bridge with Mil Carothers Heath, Hilda,
and Ave whenever they're all in residence,
I'll close on a sad note. Mary Kritser
Miller died 5/10/92. We remember seeing
George and Mary in a garage in the Rockies
the year we drove our family west in a rented
camper some 20 plus years ago. We remem-
ber George also from our meetings at Epis-
copal Church General Conventions. Our
sympathy to her family.
1949
President: Fritzie Duncombe Millard
Secretaries: Betty Wellford Bennett,
Kitty Hart Belew
Fund Agent: Mary Fran Brown Ballard
We were distressed to learn of the death
of our classmate, Betty Bean Black, on 3-
30-92. Our deepest sympathy to her family
and also to Brantley Lamberd Boiling
and her family on the death of her husband,
Stuart, on 2-8-93 Fritzie Duncombe
Millard's mother died in Winnetka, IL last
Nov, at the age of 96, Fritzie planned to move
to Carmel, CA early in 1993 to be near her
daughter and son. Sad news from Vidmer
Megginson Downing that her husband,
George, has suffered a stroke and partial
paralysis. They are now living in Daphne, AL
and enjoying nature on the eastern shore of
Mobile Bay.
What fun it was to have the $35,000,000
Campaign Kickoff in Richmond in Sept.
1992! Kitty Hart Belew, Bunny Barnett
Brown, Libby Trueheart Harris. Betty
Wellford Bennett, Marie Musgrove
McCrone, Caroline Casey McGehee,
Margaret Towers Talman, Jean Tay-
lor and Ann Eustis Weimer had a great
time at the festivities. Just two weeks later,
our Outstanding Alumna, Bunny Barnett
Brown, was recognized at Sweet Briar.
Proud classmates attending that were Mary
Fran Brown Ballard, Kitty Hart Belew,
Betty Wellford Bennett, Alice Trout
Hagan, Libby Trueheart Harris, Mary
Virginia Grigsby Mallett, Marie
Musgrove McCrone, Peggy Cromwell
Taliaferro, Jean Taylor, Judy Baldwin
Waxter, Stevie Stevens Webb, and
Ann Eustis Weimer. What an exciting and
memorable occasion to share in Bunny's
dedication to the college!
Bunny and Alice attended the Ewald Lec-
tures on Native Americans at the College in
preparation tor taking the "Bunny Hop" to
Arizona in April, Bunny was the tour guide
for Alice, Patsy Davin Robinson, and
former Alumnae Director, Ann Morrison
Reams and her husband. The Bunny Hop
planned to see Ann Henderson Bannard
while in the Tucson area. Bunny's earlier
travels took her to John's Island, FL where
she and Libby Trueheart Harris (also a
winter resident) entertained Lindsay Coon
Robinson. Lindsay had talked to Bertie
Pew Baker in Nova Scotia who said she
doesn't get back to the States as often as
she'd I ike. We al I hope she gets back for our
45th reunion in '94. Sally Ayres Shroyer
reports a fabulous trip to China. Her hus-
band, Lou, got along just fine in spite of a
previous knee replacement and a heart prob-
lem Jean Taylor may just be the traveler
of the year with a 3-wk, trip to Vienna.
Budapest and Prague, and a 6-wk. trip to
New Zealand. Australia, and Papua, New
Guinea. In May, she is off to Scotland, Wales
and London Ellen Ramsay Clark and
husband. Ken, celebrated their 40th anniver-
sary by taking their family (11 in all) to
Snowmas. CA for a week of skiing. In April,
Ellen and Ken went to Sea Island, GA and to
FL for golf Margaret Towers Talman
and Carter had a grand trip to central Europe,
including Yugoslavia, Czech and Austria in
the fall of '92, In Jan. she met Polly
Plummer Mackie, and Ruthie Garret
Preucel in NYC for a bit of theater and
catching up. Ruthie continues her decent
work at the U. of PA Museum. She had vis-
ited her son, Bob, in Cambridge, Eng. where
he is on sabbatical from Harvard. Judy
Easley Mak and Dayton had 2 wonderful
weeks in France 9/92. Judy continues to
work hard at selling real estate in Washing-
ton, She enjoys having her daughter, Holly,
and her family in Washington. Ann Fiery
Bryan and Dick had a grand trip to Austra-
lia They enjoy having their daughter. Posey
and her family living in Charlottesville.
Carter VanDeventer Slatery recovered
from the Blizzard of '93 in Knoxville by go-
ing to her home in Hilton Head. Carter and
Herbert enjoy their 5 grandchildren, Larry
Lawrence Simmons continues at Trinity
School in Midland, TX, where the enrollment
reached 500 in '92, June Eager Finney
enjoys her watercolor classes in Baltimore.
Among her classmates is the daughter of
"Mama and Pappa" George of Amherst fame.
Preston Hodges Hill and Gene had a great
trip to Wales. England and France in the Fall
of '92 and came home to plan the wedding
of daughter, Ginny, in Denver, Daughter,
Margaret is back in Denver now. In March,
the Hills and Katie Cox Reynolds and Phil
were together for some winter tun, Kay
Bryan Edwards has retired as the president
of her family foundation and is now involved
with Urban Ministry, Habitat, the symphony
and the opera in Greensboro, She hopes to
do some more traveling. Alice Dulaney
Sheridan continues in real estate, but takes
time off to visit her children, Alice sees Nell
Boushall Steed on occasion. Nell is a
buyer for Thornal Expedition Outfitters in
Winter Haven. FL Mimi Semmes Dann
has made a name tor herself in Memphis,
TN. in functional and decorative ceramics.
Both Margaret Towers Talman and
Alice Hagan Trout are proud owners of
some of her work. Roselise Holmes
Wilkinson is still practicing medicine -
working with brain-injured children. She
enjoys her 5 grandchildren, Rosie reports
that her sister. Josie Holmes is well and
living on Cape Cod. Doreen Davis Grove
has retired from her many years of civic in-
volvement in Greater Cincinnati and enjoys
being free to travel to their home in Rockport,
MA in the summer, Caroline Casey
McGehee enjoyed a week in the Barbados
in Feb. with Coleman and her children. She
and Coleman look forward to the Sweet Briar
trip to northern Italy in May, Caroline con-
tinues to collect miniature books and is a
trustee of the Blue Ridge School and the
Prestwould Foundahon.
Carolyn Cannady Evans sends news
of her 8 grandchildren - 6 girls and 2 boys
- all charming, of course. She finds her work
with Big Brothers-Big Sisters fascinating and
challenging, Anne Bush Train's son. Kent,
is an architect in Charlottesville, His home
and family were featured in Southern Living.
July. 1 992. Now that Anne has a VA connec-
tion, we hope this will lead her back to
Sweet Briar for our 45th reunion, Marie
Musgrove McCrone and Richard had a
great trip to Portugal and the Madeira Is-
lands. In July, Marie and Richard will attend
Bible School in Wisconsin and then to Hous-
ton to welcome Marie's 7th grandchild. Dot
Bottom Duffy is approaching the end of a
5 yr. restoration of a late Victorian sea
captain's house in Hampton, The house,
built in the 1890's, will be open for Garden
Week this April. Dot's husband John's "Time
and Remembrance" written tor the 50th an-
niversary of Pearl Harbor, will be presented
at Carnegie Hall in May. Dot had an unex-
pected and delightful visit with June Eager
Finney and Bill at the Chesapeake Bay
Foundation meeting in Annapolis, Sue
Corning Mann and her husband moved
into a new home on land they owned across
from their former house. It's on an extended
cape, and was built by her 2 sons and is
beautiful! Kitty Hart Belew's oldest daugh-
ter will be married 6/12. With only 3 mos.
notice, Kitty has kept pretty busy this spring!
In late April. Patti Levi Barnett, Betty
Wellford Bennett, Carolyn Cannady
Evans, Jackie Jacobs Letters, MimI
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Powell Leonard, Sally Legg
DeMartine, Jackie Tappen Kern, Jean
Taylor, and Ann Eustis Weimer gathered
at "The River" (in reality Dividing Creel<) near
Kilmarnock, VA for another of their "mini-
reunions" - mini In size only, not in fun and
frolics and some sightseeing, and w/ould
you believe, the group ran into Libby
Trueheart Harris quite by accident! Mary
Virginia Grigsby Mallett opened a coun-
seling office, "Affirmations, Inc." 10/92. She,
too, was on campus for the Evirald Lectures
which she reported as being really Impres-
sive. She found the new Alumnae House to
be beautiful Judy Baldwin Waxter and
Bill attended a reading by fVlary Oliver, Sweet
Briar's poet-in-residence They were much
Impressed by her images and wisdom. "How
fortunate the students at Sweet Briar are to
have her at the College," said Judy Pal
Brown Boyerand husband, Jean, will be
in Minneapolis In June for the wedding of
their son, Jean Maurice to Heather Braun. In
early March, Betty Wellford Bennett,
Kitty Hail Belew and Margaret Towers
Talman spent a delightful time In MS on the
Natchez Pilgrimage. This was quite an ex-
perience for us Virginians who found the
homes and architecture so different from that
which we are accustomed.
These are our last class notes before our
45th reunion at Sweet Briar in May 1994.
Make your plans NOW to be among those
who return for this event. Mary Fran
Brown Ballard will be heading Reunion
Gifts. "Y'AII Come."
1953
President: Mary Kimball Grier
Class Secretary: Isabel Grayson
Parish
Fund Agent: Virginia Hudson Toone
Bless you: They were all there waiting for
me. ..a hefty response to my pleas for news,
scrapbook questionnaires and pictures. Hav
and I were away for our longest trip, 2 mos.,
to Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesian
Islands and winding up with 2 weeks in
Bhutan; I was worried about my class notes
deadline, scrapbook assembling etc know-
ing on our return I'd only have a week to do
it. A little like cramming for exams 40 yrs.
ago. So, just like the young girl of long ago,
I locked myself up in my own private "Com-
mons" (the laundry room), and with a pot of
hot coffee sat down to the typewriter and
accomplished the task.
When you read this, 40th Reunion will
have come and gone. I'm excited about see-
ing many of you and re-connecting with the
sweetness of past memories. The magic of
Sweet Briar still enfolds, doesn't it?
The funniest card came from MA
Mellen Root. Rita Hayworth in bathing suit
and MA'S comment "You will recognize me
by the same old bathing suit, yes, I still have
it. I just can't get Into it!" MA and John had
just returned from the Keys and stopped In
Naples to visit Edie Norman Wombwell
and George at their winter retreat. Sadly, EdIe
will miss reunion - they must go to Aspen
early to get the garden going, the growing
season is so short! Edie was In LA tor a son's
emergency surgery the same week as the
Rodney King riots. Her Jackson Hole son is
going to Siberia on a grant from the GoreTex
Co. to explore and chart white water rivers.
Edie and George will be in Aspen until Oct.
and welcome visitors who don't like to be
wailed on! Nan Locke Rosa and her
daughter, Mary Nelms (SBC 84), donated a
marvelous picture of SBC students, class of
28, to the new Alumnae House In memory
of mother and grandmother, Mary Nelms
Locke '28. The picture was found in Nan's
father's effects when he died in '91 . Nan, still
a travel agent, with husband Frank, cruised
from NY to Montreal last Oct. They also at-
tended her 45th h.s. reunion in Philadelphia.
A lovely note from Betty Behlen Stone,
whom I've not seen since college days,
brought me up to date. After attending the
first few reunions, her life changed drasti-
cally, she was divorced, moved to TX, had a
demanding |ob and 2 girls to raise. After she
and Bill Stone married, reunion always fell
on the same week-end in May that he had a
major market In his business at the Apparel
Mkt. Now that he's retired, she plans to be
with us for the 40th. Her life is good with a
wonderful husband, 2 great daughters and
3 gorgeous grandchildren. She enjoys sell-
ing real estate a few days a week. Their trav-
els have taken them to Europe and the Far
East Katty Turner Mears and Kirk
Tucker Clarkson will room together in
Chicago tor the Garden Club of America
Annual meeting in 5/93. Kirk hopes to see
Midge Chase Powell in Winnetka when
she (Kirk) visits her Paris roommate there.
Kirk Is busy with boards of Chrysler Mu-
seum, Nature Conservancy, GCA committee
and Norfolk's Historic houses. Husband Jack
presented her with her very own 20 gauge
shot gun for her 60th birthday. Just what she
always wanted. Kirk adds! As lor Katty, I was
unhappy to learn she won't be at reunion.
She's been traveling, to Los Cabos, Baja,
MX, and then to Georgetown, Exuma, Baha-
mas, on a sailboat for 10 days. Midge, still
selling real estate in the North Shore area of
Chicago, has enjoyed an outstanding suc-
cess. A news clipping featured a whole page
on Midge, headlined "Jean Wright Real Es-
tate Congratulates Midge Powell, Leader in
Sales for 1992. 7 Million sold in first 6
months!" In the center of the page Is a large
picture of our Midge, smiling, and looking
as young and pretty as she was at SBC!
Midge writes that all their children are now
married and 2 work with her Bill In the fam-
ily business. Travel, 2 grandsons, 2 golden
retrievers, aerobics and golf keep her busy.
Good to hear from my old roommate, Liz
Gibson Brooks. Her daughter, Elizabeth,
graduated from Vanderbilt, lives and works
in Atlanta and Liz had a great visit with Vir-
ginia Dunlap Shelton while visiting there.
Liz's son, Steve, In Dallas TX, will present
her and George with their first grandchild In
Aug. Nice trips tor Liz and George Include
Italy last March and Scotland in July where
they joined friends for a golf playing tour in
England, winding up at the British Open.
Fun! Ginny Shelton and Tom, with 3 other
couples had a marvelous trip to Australia and
NZ with lots of hiking and nature apprecia-
tion. Only 1 of their 3 sons is married and
he has 2 little girls and lives in Atlanta. We'll
miss Janie Dawson Mudwilder at re-
union but she promises to be with us next
time. She sold Anchorage House and moved
Into a ranch style, still has a garden and
too much room for 1, Her 2 sons married
this year, in Hilton Head and Louisville.
Josephine Wells Rodgers also will not
make reunion because her youngest son,
Charlie, Is marrying 5/30 In Dallas. She and
Tom enjoy retirement, dividing their time be-
tween Houston and the Ranch In So. Texas.
They added a large pony and small cart to
the Ranch menagerie for their 2 grand-
daughters. A trip to the beach with all the
grandchildren will prevent Janie Pieper
Meredith and Bill from joining us at re-
union Dolly Wallace Hartman moved
her studio to another spot in downtown
Charleston, WV. This one has Gothic win-
dows! Here she does portraits and has
classes. She and Jack went to Greece to visit
daughter, Mary who is taking a semester of
her Jr. year In Athens. Any classmates who
get to Lake Tahoe resort area, please call
Anne Green Stone (Kim). (702)782-7515.
She and John, when not busy minding the
farm and loafing and Irrigating on the ranch,
or travelling to British Columbia to buy a
stallion, are usually at home and would wel-
come guests. A single spaced typed card
from Ginger Timmons Ludwick was
crammed with news. Her Dave will take early
retirement from Hughes Aircraft in Sept. and
Ginger's real estate office merged with Pru-
dential California Realty resulting In big
changes for her and a big upturn in CA ac-
tivity. Her fingers remain in many pies with
board memberships on DAR, Bel Air Garden
Club and the Philharmonic and she just fin-
ished 2 terms as Acquisitions Chairman for
Costume Council of the LA Museum of Art!
She and Dave enjoyed a wintry weekend In
Yosemite and the next one at Emerald Bay
with 80-degree weather. Only in CA! Cinnie
Moorhead McNair and Norm visited with
June Arata Pickett and Bob in San Anto-
nio last Nov. The NcNaIrs are busy visiting
their 3 sons and their 6 grandchildren as well
as doing a bit of fun travelling in the states.
June and Bob have retired and moved to FL,
Her new address Is 1 1 1 River Oak Dr., Vero
Beach FL, 32963. She still loves to tennis
and swim and hopes to take up golf. A pic-
ture for the scrapbook shows 4 adorable
grands Mary Stagg Hamblett still works
at Continuing Education Dept. in CT and
when Ken retires in the fall they'll travel then.
She made the final college payment for the
last grad. Brooks, 5/93! Their daughter,
Marian Is married and teaches and coaches
crew nearby. Dear Nan O'keeffe is work-
ing 3 part time jobs and Is excited over leas-
ing a new condo which gives her more room
alter 22 years In her old apt. Enjoying the
flexibility of retirement, Anne Joyce
Wyman and Joseph commute weekly be-
tween Quoque and NY and travel to Europe
often. Daughter Anneke is at INSEAD in
Fontalnbleu and will graduate in July with
her MBA Sally Wemple Codman can't
join us at reunion because May is the busi-
est time In real estate in CT. Her son Daniel
loves the South, especially SC so she'll have
more excuses to return there. Will miss see-
ing her Shirley Rankin Dumesnil and Ed
announce the news of a new granddaughter
who joins 2 others as possible supporters
of SBC in the dim future #4 is expected In
May Maggie Graves McClung Is clos-
ing their retail store. She says their boys
"have sawdust In their veins and only want
to operate the mill (which means architec-
tural woodwork and casework)." She and
Dave expect to be retired soon. Still In NH
where they finally had a good winter for ski-
ing, Dickie Wellborn Hopper and Dave
are busier then they'd like to be with church,
library. Hospice, WWII Army Reunion and
their family of 5 children and 11 1/2 grand-
children. Their daughter, Debbie, has been
In Cambodia with a UN team relocating relu-
gees prior to free elections In May. In June,
Dickie will go to Romania with a missions
team for 2 weeks. Note a change In her ad-
dress: P.O. Box 131 , Wllmot Flat NH, 03287-
0131 Sallie Gayle Beck Is still In the
costume jewelry business with her husband
Doug. She helped her daughter Gayle move
to Buffalo and their son Rob lives in KC
again. She closes with "One ol these years
we're going to move Irom Chicago's winters
to some place warmer!" In Atlanta, Janey
Yoe Duggan writes about her girls. Randi
is expecting #1 in May in VA Beach, Wendl,
class of 81 , is a travel agent In Atlanta and
Jane is Asst. Prof Anesthesiology at Emory.
When Jane is not playing tennis, gardening
or antiquing, she and John are baby sitting
a 6 yr, old grandson. Taking the SBC tour of
Italy In May are Anne Elliott Caskie, hus-
band Challen and Kitty Guerrant Fields.
They'll wind up at reunion following the trip.
News from our St. Andrews Exchange stu-
dent, Nancy Goldie McTaggart Husband
Mac still works for Ministry of Defence In
London and she enjoys grandmothering. A
quote Irom her letter: "Ellie Jane, latest and
#4, was born to our younger daughter,
Isabel, on Election Day..,a bit of a panic and
2 1/2 months early, but now doing well!"
Daughter Kate, St. Andrews Exchange 77-78,
Is taking a 2 yr. teacher training course
at King Alfred's College, Winchester. Inter-
preter, translator, writer. Mart Black
Jordan lives in Mexico in the winter, Santa
Fe in the summer. She is "stumbling through
Mozart and Bach with an Incredibly patient
piano teacher, writing, eternally studying (the
curse of a liberal arts education)!" She has
3 children, Stephanie, P. Colebrook, and
Robert and a granddaughter, 9. The WVA
country household of Lynne Kerwin
Byron and Jamie includes 4 horses, a tiny
pony, 4 cats, 2 labrador retrievers and nu-
merous children and grandchildren at vari-
ous times. The Blizzard of the Century
snowed them in and Lynne wrote that they
managed to climb through the snow to the
barn to feed the horses and cats, but couldn't
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gel to the bird feeders. Ttiere were several
tiundred birds hopping around looking very
annoyed. This Alabamian cannot imagine! In
Tampa. Fl. Carol Exnicios Tucker enioys
sailing, tennis, gardening, mlei colors,
reading, walking, traveling. In Naples,
Carolyn Tolbert Smith and John own an
apt., and also a ranch in southern OK In ad-
dition to their main home in Atlanta. Her ac-
tivities include tennis, Spanish and church
work. Jane Perry Liles and George still
have a house at Grandfather IVIt. in NC and
love to ski. She loves grandmothering and
volunteering. Anne King Dietrich and
Beau have 4 children and 5 beautiful and
brilliant (of course!) grandchildren. Anne is
a Docent at National Cathedral and an
avid indoor gardener with nearly 100
houseplants. In Statesvllle, NC, Harriette
Hodges Andrews is hiking, canoeing, raft-
ing, and playing with a band, "Front Porch
Strings". Both children live in CA. With
Henry retired, Gloria Rawls Askew enioys
traveling the western US, Alaska and Hilton
Head. When asked "Are you doing now what
you expected you'd be doing years after
graduation?", Janet Martin Birney an-
swered, "No, not at all. I went into kinder-
garten teaching and ended up In the retail
business". She's just retired as a former
Book Store owner, and lives in Wellesley M^
with Scott, a retired Wellesley professor. Still
(since 72) a School Board member and run-
ning for 8th term, Flo Pye Apy prefers be-
ing at their summer cottage In Haddam CT
playing bridge. With all 5 children married,
Nancy Ord Jackson works with a home-
bound child through the school system 1 day
a week, and works with a peace and justice
group 2 days a week. Sara Ironmonger
Greer is an Elder In the Presbyterian Church
in Norfolk and into "garden clubs, book
clubs, my children and grandchildren". An-
other good Presbyterian. Cathy Munds
Storek Is a Deacon in her church in Tuc-
son. She and Ben enjoy travel to Europe and
l\/lexico. Enclosed for the Scrapbook Is a
darling picture of the Grier family In Ama-
rillo, TX, when Mary Kimball Grier and
Bos' son married Sloan Kennedy, a Hollins
grad. I^yiary and Bos have 3 children, no
grandchildren yet. Our free lance artist.
Connie Werly Wakelee loves watercol-
ors. and stays busy with family, working on
scholarship programs, garden clubs. Arts
Center and church. Donna Anderson
Mullens and Dave are farming in Clarksdale
MS. Donna taught school for 6 years and
now works in a small Boutique. She teaches
Bible class, enjoys Duplicate Bridge, and she
and Dave vacation in IVIexIco often. A Physi-
cist in St. Louis, working for E.G.& G. Vactec.
Ginnie Hudson Toone enjoys woodwork-
ing, arts and crafts, tennis, skiing and hik-
ing. Asked. "With which classmates do you
still keep in touch?", GInnle replies: "As fund
agent, I can touch them all!" Such a beauti-
ful remark made by Patty Tighe Walden
In the questionnaire What is your fondest
memory of SBC? "Beauty, serenity, wonder-
ful friends, learning so much and the won-
derful innocence even the most worldy of us
had in those long-ago. simpler times. I loved
(and still do) SBC. my Ivory Tower years."
Buying, fixing, selling antiques and col-
lectibles, Kay Amsden lives in Rochester,
NH, Is a retired professor at UNH, and en-
joys a lake retreat in Fitzwilllam. NH. Sug
Cantey Patton and Pat enioy having their
children and grandchildren nearby In Atlanta
and l\/lontgomery. Sug is involved in numer-
ous church activities, gardening, and beach
trips. Be sure to catch the excellent article In
the spring '93 alumnae magazine, an address
in the Presidential Speaker Series by the
Honorable Dale Hutter Harris. Dale is the
Chief Judge. Juvenile and Domestic Rela-
tions District Court in Lynchburg. VA. The
article addresses child abuse and violence.
We all congratulate members of the family
of Betty Bentsen Winn on the appoint-
ment of Betty's brother. Lloyd as Treasury
Secretary of the US. In another recognition.
Betty enclosed a photo of Gov. Clements
(TX) giving the Texas Hall of Fame Award to
family members in honor of her father. Lloyd
Bentsen. Sr Eleanor Johnson Ashby Is
grieving because closing retreat (or Leader-
ship Jacksonville conflicts with reunion and
her presence is required there. Their son
Linden, and his wife Susan, In Sherman
Oaks CA are not rich and famous yet, but are
getting better and better parts on TV. Daugh-
ter Baba and her husband Pete are both on
the faculty of the Taft School in Watertown,
CT. Closer to home are Tracy and Stuart, just
a few blocks away where Tracey has 2
children's shops. Eleanor enjoys going to the
Atlanta Apparel Ivlarket with her.
I was sad to hear from Alissa Peters,
daughter of Faith Catlin Peters, that Faith
had had a stroke 5/92. She Is recovering at
home with her family and doing fairly well
with only a slight memory loss. Alissa said
it would cheer her considerably if anyone
should care to write: Mrs. Robert H. Peters,
5 Benedict Rd., Staten Is, NY 10304-1201.
Further sad news of the death of Virginia
Robb, date unknown. Her name will be read
at the Alumnae Memorial Service at Reunion
next year. The last card is a Mystery
Card....no name, few clues. It reads: "Hi Izzie:
I had thought I might be at SBC for reunion,
but instead I'm oft to San Jose, CA. I con-
tinue refurbishing my 1 8th home and work-
ing full time, now at RPI. Sterling was sold
out to Kodak and moved to Phila., but I
wouldn't give up my home, so accepted a job
with publications at RPI." Anybody want to
solve it? I will end on a personal note. Treat
yourself to a trip to Viet Nam and learn that
it is a delightful country, not just a war. To
more adventuresome souls, note this:
Bhutan remains the most Isolated, well-
preserved and unknown country in the world.
It harbors an atmosphere of peace and
friendship. Is set amongst the most impres-
sive scenery In the world, and Is the closest
approach to the Himalayan Shangrlla. Go
before it Is spoiled. My 12 grandchildren
sometimes wonder who their grandmother
Is. but certainly she must be a sporty one!
Thanks for supporting me in my efforts as
class secretary. It has been a delightful task
for me. When you love something, it's never
hard. Sweet Briar, Sweet Briar, Flower Fair!
1957
President: Carol (Kim) McMurtry
Fowler
Secretary: Marjorie Whitson Aude
Fund Agent: Anne Wilson Rowe
Reunion last year was rainy and cool,
but otherwise great. In with a list of all your
addresses, the Alumnae Office enclosed
some old notes telling why some of you were
not going to get to reunion, but don't let it
happen again! I am doing this from my
daughter's computer in Delaware. Her little
one was very sick In an ICU, so I came to
help out, but things are looking up now. Fritz
and I had 3 new grandchildren from last Aug.
through Feb., making 7 in all. Our young-
est, Mark, graduates from MIT In May. It was
great to finally send off the last tuition check
in Jan.! We are now taking steps to sell at
least the core portion of our farm and let Fritz
be somewhat retired. With kids In 6 states,
we want to travel and do more square danc-
ing, plus tend his young black walnut
plantings. Jane Best Wehland visited
here, reporting a married son in Evanston IL
and a new granddaughter living nearby
Jane Campbell Englerts daughter
Anne was married in Watertown NY in the
midst of the Blizzard of '93 and couldn't get
home for a week or so to Pittsburgh. They
plan to relocate to wherever Anne can find a
teaching job. Anna (Chips) Chao Pal had
a new granddaughter. Leanna. born 4/3
whom Chips already knew was gorgeous
and brilliant. What else? Chips is now the
senior member of the Biology Dept. at
Montclair State College, and was on sabbati-
cal In the spring doing research at Roche
Institute of Molecular Biology. Virginia
Marks Paget is with the Nettering Foun-
dation In Dayton. A Foundation meeting In
Hungary prevented her from coming to re-
union. She was to visit Prague and Vienna
first, and the meeting was to be on building
an Infrastructure for democracy through pro-
moting deliberation on public issues. Wow!
She was trying to recall Dr. Masur's Eastern
European history class.
Elaine Dies Colmer writes from
Memphis about enjoying her work at an
English antique shop, and her son John's
wonderful new restaurant. Bistro 122, with
daughter Ruth as hostess. Dot Duncan
Hodges planned travel to Turkey for 2
weeks, where less-than-pertect legs will be
covered. She claims her friends are all as
blind as she, but they all look great. She sent
apologies In Nov. over the newly elected NC
Senator, Loch Faircloth, who would make
Jesse Helms look great! Diane Duffield
Wood spent reunion time awaiting the stork
In both Ohio and Texas, for a total of 7
grandchiloren. A Dec. family reunion for 15
at Disneyland was loads of tun, followed
by Christmas in Dallas and 2 weeks in
Acapulco. Duffy planned to stay with Babs
Falge Openshaw In late March for h.s.
40th reunion in Wash. DC, then a trip in July
to Alaska. She sent her congratulations on
our great financial showing at reunion. Babs
wrote of many Garden Club responsibilities.
5 grands in the area, plus one son in the
Navy In San Francisco to see by June.
Suzanne Gipson Farnham writes
from Baltimore that she has written a book.
Listening Hearts: Discerning Call in Com-
munity, which sold 5000 copies and is now
out in a Revised Edition. This has been com-
bined with 5 years of immersion In the Chris-
tian Vocation Program, training leaders etc.
During that time she and Barney also re-
stored a 150-year-old house in a national
historic neighborhood, married off 3 out of
4 children, welcomed a granddaughter, and
saw Barney undergo radical experimental
cancer treatment. He's seemingly OK now.
Several classmates reported the death of
Byrd Stone '56 on campus, among them
Nancy Godwin Baldwin Nancy raved
about the SBC tour of the Mississippi and
the Civil War Campaign In boat, the Delta
Queen, and beautiful new Alumnae Office
quarters in newly renovated Boxwood. Ninie
Laing wrote that SBC won't be the same
without Byrd, and I can surely believe that.
Ninie gave a lecture at the National Gallery
in Washington in Feb. entitled "Ladies. Lit-
eracy, and the Apocalypse: English Gothic
Manuscripts," through an invitation due to
Lynn Pearson Russell '69.
Anyone with access to Got/me/ maga-
zine (4/93 issue) can read on page 222 about
Uncle Billy's Bakery, where apparently
Sydney Graham Brady spends all her
waking and possibly sleeping hours. She is
very excited and hopes by year 2000 to make
enough to retire on. Dagmar Halmagyi
Yon Is also counting the years to retirement,
from being an Investigator for the DA. chas-
ing parents who don't pay child support. All
3 kids are married and working on advanced
degrees, plus there is one grandchild. Too
bad I can't just copy her Christmas letter lor
you. Lee Haskell Vest was |usl back Irom
Scandinavia amid reports of improved travel
business, and expected a second grandchild
in June. Her grapevine said Jane Pinckney
Hanahan had gone to St. A house at UVA
homecoming as a very lovely cheerleader -
no details! Char Heuer DeSerio was help-
ing the travel business with a month in north-
ern Italy last Oct. and a 6-wk. cruise round
England. Ireland. Holland, Germany and
Denmark Nannette McBurney Crowdus
and Bill led the SB lour of China 10/92 and
sent lavish praise for the country as well as
the folks who organize and execute the SB
tours. She Is on campus several times a year
for Board of Director and Campaign Lead-
ership duties, plus she directs 8 slates lor a
line of designer women's clothes sold from
homes, the Worth Collection.
Anne McGrath Lederer moved to
Charlottesville on the Rivanna Reservoir
6/92 and Is trying to keep ahead of the veg-
etation Carol (Kim) McMurtry Fowler
finds that working for Governor Ann
Richards in the TX Dept. of Insurance puts a
crimp In her former traveling life, but had
some dales set up, and hoped to lure the
governor to SBC to speak, Betty Murden
Michelson enjoyed reunion and is retired
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from the law field. She plays lots of bridge
and IVIah Jong; her son Daniel was headed
to S. Africa for surfing! Suzie Neblett
Stephens and family lost a beach house
and a 27' boat to Hurricane Andrew and en-
suing surge, but their new house held well.
They planned a triple christening the Sat.
before Easter for 3 new grandkids born Nov.,
Dec, Jan, , making a total of 1 - the record
reported! Joy Peebles Massie writes of
6 grandchildren nearby in Richmond keep-
ing her hopping rather than having a slower
pace at this stage. Page Phelps Coulter
has a book of poetry out called "The
Cowbridge at Dawn" from the Edwin IVIellon
Press in Lewiston NY, and conducts weekly
poetry workshops in Guilford CT.
Susan Ragland Abrahamson and
Jim moved to Atherton CA outside San Fran-
cisco, but they are building a compound on
Longboat Key in FL to accommodate her 9
grandchildren and assorted families. She
hopes for SB folk nearby. Jim chairs Oracle
Corp, an international software company;
she saw old roomie Carolyn Scott Arnold in
HI during their frequent travels, Faye
Rathgeber Willis still owns and operates
A Better Trip Travel in Dallas, planning and
leading groups to remote cultures of the
world, lecturing to organizations and schools
concerning these cultures. One daughter will
be married in Aug. in Aspen, CO; there is one
grandchild already and one on the way,
Jane Rather Thiebaud sent short and
long versions of her news. If you want the
long version please send me a long SASE,
She is working on a Ph.D. at U.IVIaine on
Women's Studies and French with her the-
sis topic being Catherine de Vivonne, Mar-
quise de Rambouillet (1588-1665), who
created and launched the first Salon in her
home. This Salon continued for 55 years!
Jane also tends her elderly father, does some
French tutoring, and organizes a weekly
gathering in Bangor at the Bagel Shop called
Rendez-Vous, I gather for French speaking
folk, of whom there are many in fyjaine,
Carolyn Scott Arnold had a double hip re-
placement (at the same time') in spring of 92
and offers encouragement to the apprehen-
sive via telephone, I have her number,
Margie Scott Johnson is on the board of
the NC Symphony and Rex Hospital, as well
as the search committee for their new Rec-
tor, She reports 5 grandkids. She says Baba
Conway Deblckl and her new husband are
at U, Kansas but doing a sabbatical at the
Humanities Center in Raleigh, She is at The
Rock Resort while Andy writes a book,
Chris Smith Lowry and Britt sold their
house on Seebrook Island near Charleston
SC and he is retiring after 21 years of man-
aging the conference center for the Episco-
pal Diocese of SC, The retirement resolution
listed numerous accomplishments. In late
summer they were to move to Lake Lure, NC
after a July trip to Spain and Scotland,
Daughter Tina was expecting a second baby
in June, Barbara Tetzlaff is still operating
her own law practice, doing estate planning
and tax law, as well as part time businesses
of floral design, events planning, and per-
sonal computer consulting! Plus she is al-
ways seeking new challenges. Way to go!
Carol Turner Crosthwalt does aerobics
and biking, has 2 grandchildren in San Fran-
cisco, and one moving from Portland to
Cleveland OH Mary Anne Vandervoort
Large and Bob had been to W&L Alumni
College on the Nile Kingdoms of ancient
Egypt, followed by a 2 1/2 wk, trip to the
Nile and Egypt, along with several other SBC
folk. She had also been to the excellent
Ewald program on campus in the spring on
"American Indian Visions." June Heard
Wadsworth wrote that a family reunion had
conflicted with our reunion last year - maybe
next time! Carroll Weitzel Rivers says
she finds SB folk all the time in her art world
and fox hunting world; they make her proud
to be a part of SBC. She has had bits and
pieces of herself repaired but mostly she is
"the same, just lower," This phrase wins a
prize of some kind. She is the luckiest per-
son she knows - what a great feeling.
Anne Wilson Rowe, our class fund
chairperson, says we are a great bunch,
some having sent funds even before her let-
ter came out, and she sends her thanks. She
and Babs saw the "Greek Miracle" at the
National Gallery together at last after 35 years
of thinking they would get together often!
Duffy's daughter lives near Anne, Lee
WIttich Marrow and Paul enjoyed dinner
with Ann and Jim Rawley while in Lincoln
NE for a cribbage tournament in which Paul
was playing. The Rawleys were most inter-
ested in last year's reunion, Lee and Paul will
be East to study the Gettysburg battleground
in their continuing Civil War battlefield study,
Jane Fitzgerald Treherne-Thomas
spent 3 weeks in Oct, last year in England
visiting family and enjoying a stay in
Cornwall on their own; in March they visited
friends on both FL coasts; and CA beckoned
in May Marguerite McDanlel Wood has
2 little granddaughters, en|oys tennis and
flower arranging, travels whenever possible,
and hoped to see Winterthur in May and the
Napoleon exhibit in Memphis in June.
1961
President: Suzanne Seaman Berry
Secretary: Simone Aubry
Fund Agents: Faith Bullis Sebring,
Julie O'NeilArnheim
Winifred Storey Davis and husband,
Tread, are involved in community projects
in Atlanta in addition to Tread's law practice.
Their sons, Frederick and Gordon, live in
CO; their son Frank and his wife, Emily, in
Greenville, SC, gave their daughter, Bailey
(2), a brother, Frank Treadwell Davis IV on
election day, 1992! Molly Pickering
Grose "actually did go to Bali and it is in-
credible! I just got back from India and if I
had time and money, I would travel con-
stantly. In my avocation as Managing Direc-
tor of York Theatre, I saw my name on the
title page of a Playbill - a real thrill in the
theatrical world. In my vocation in girls' ed.
at The Spence School in NY, I am delighted
at the 'news' that women get a better deal in
single-sex education - something we've
known for 30+ years!" Spence School gradu-
ate Simone Aubry, unemployed for 14
mos., finally landed a job in April as Admin-
istrative Secretary to the Supt, of the Sudbury
Public Schools, She has a 3-minute com-
mute to work! Her 3 cats are not so happy
"home alone" every day! Louise Cobb
Boggs is "looking forward to daughter
Alice's graduation from U of AL, After a trip
to Australia, New Zealand and Tahiti, she'll
work for her dad in the insurance business.
Son Jay, a soph, at U of GA, and president
of his fraternity. Phi Delta Theta, will spend
part of the summer in AK, John and I |ust
work to foot the bills! We're looking forward
to 2 wks. at Garden City Beach, SC, and our
25th wedding anniversary!" Julia Johnson
Chapin visited SBC in Feb, Husband Bill
manages A. E. Edwards Investment office in
Concord, NH and happily works the land
around their home in Contoocook, NH, Julia
keeps up her nursing license by working 1 -
2 days a wk. One daughter is in CO, another
in Boston, and their last child, a son, is a
freshman at Babson College in Boston,
Mary MacKenzie Shaw is Asst Director
of Compliance at CIGNA Corp,, where she
has worked for 20 yrs. She and husband
James live in Simsbury, CT and have
a house on Cape Cod, Their daughter,
Lisa (SBC), is studying French Lit, at the
Sorbonne, "We traveled with her last sum-
mer and will return for a trip to Italy, joined
by our oldest son who receives his Masters
in Architectural Computational Design from
Carnegie-Mellon U (PA) in May, Youngest
son is on Dean's List in the culinary program
at Johnson & Wales U (Providence Rl),"
Paige Wilkerson Pruitt's son, Neil, Jr ,
is a freshman at the U of the South in
Sewanee, TN, "Neil Sr, and I enjoy the free-
dom, after 30 yrs, of children! I am a 'Stephen
Minister' in our church and play duplicate
bridge " Sandra Wilson Johnson's son,
Ed, got his Master's in Teaching English
(M,T,E.) and teaches in ML Pleasant, SC.
Sandra quit work as a floral designer; she
volunteers and enjoys a life of leisure.
Stuart Bohannon-Evans is Acting Direc-
tor of the Cummer Gallery of Art and Gardens
in Jacksonville, FL, "A search is in place for
a permanent director, but I have thoroughly
enjoyed my second career in the Museum
World " Nancy Coppedge Lynn's chil-
dren, Barbara and Worth, were both married
last year and Suzle Phillon Babcock at-
tended one of those festive occasions. Nancy
and her partners went to Paris on a buying
trip for her shop 2/93 and discovered won-
derful antiques and accessories,
Ann Carter "Susie" Prichard Pace
writes, "My husband, George (Tub), and I
keep busy with real estate. I play tennis, and
do church and American Heart Association
volunteer work. My son and his wife made
me grandmother of a baby girl in March, and
one of my 3 daughters will marry this sum-
mer. My husband's sister still lives in Am-
herst, VA, so we visit her, and of course SBC,
often " Mary Denny Scott Wray and
Michael moved back to Houston but "kept
our house in Richmond until we are sure how
long we'll be here. In the last 10 mos,, 2 of
my sons and one of Michael's married won-
derful girls, Michael's only daughter gave us
our first grandchild - a boy. Besides mov-
ing and weddings, and choir work. Poplar
Forest keeps me very busy and happy. If is
a thrilling project. All go see it," Judy Greer
Schuiz glimpsed Mary Denny at Poplar
Forest in April. Judy juggles musical activi-
ties and her furniture business. She taught
piano at SBC for fall semester '92 and "was
delighted with the upbeat mood on campus.
I really enjoyed the students and was privi-
leged to give a recital of my own in Oct. The
SBC Choir, directed by Jesse Parker, sang
at our church and represented SBC beauti-
fully," Lynn Nalley Coates's husband is
a Psychology Prof, at Old Dominion U. Lynn
is a Special Educ, teacher lor Virginia Beach
Schools and does "writing and church work
in my spare time, spiritual journey full time,"
Oldest son, Chris, received his Ph.D in En-
glish (8/92) at U of FL and has a son, Stuart
(6 mos,); middle son, Thomas, an Account
Executive with AT&T, has a daughter, Jes-
sica (6) and another child on the way; young-
est son, Collyn, is working and going to
school Fritz and Suzanne Seaman Berry
joined the 3/93 SBC trip down the Missis-
sippi, "Fritz found some of his roots in
Natchez; his great great aunt, Varma Howell,
lived at the Briars and married Jefferson
Davis there." In June, their second son,
Hayden, is marrying Cathy Burke who will
wear Suzanne's wedding gown. "My mother
even preserved my 'merry widow' - remem-
ber those?" Anne Worboys Buske's
daughter, Dana (20), on the Dean's List at
Cornell, is involved with "Into the Streets",
a nationwide volunteer group, Rachel (1 5) is
in the NHS, the All-League Soccer Team, and
model U,N. and student government. Anne
volunteers at Rachel's school. While on a
college tour with husband Neil and Rachel,
Anne visited Janna Staley Fitzgerald in
Charlotte. Janna works part time in the
family real estate business and is still on
the club's tennis team. Her younger son
graduated 1 2/92 from Rhodes College in TN,
"In May he leaves for Egypt, Jordan, and
Germany. I drive through SBC on my way
to Charlottesville to visit my mother.
It's as pretty as ever." A postcard from
Willoughby Applegate Ansell, visiting
England with husband John, says that 6/93
she is moving back to her old address in NC
from Saratoga, NY after 15 mos. and a BIG
blizzard. Bee Newman Thayer's daugh-
ter, Emily, and her husband live in NH and
are very happy and working hard. Son, Bill
(26), works for Macy's in NY, and Chris (22)
graduates from Colby in May,
Penny Stanton Meyer's son. Dan,
taught environmental ed, for a yr,, then
worked last winter at Alpine Meadows in the
Sierras where "he finally had some real ski-
ing." Daughter, Susannah, graduated from
U of VT in '92 and is a management trainee
for Talbots, Penny looks fonward to a reunion
after many years with old roommate Sally
Hamilton Staub in Aug. when they will
roam NH and VT for a wk. Sally spent 2 wks.
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in Italy 10/92 with daugtiter, Dabney wtio
graduated 5/92 from UVa with a masters in
Architecture and won the AIA gold medal and
a travelling fellowship to Italy. Dabney cur-
rently works in Charlottesville. Son, Richard,
and family transferred to Raleigh. Sally still
weekends at her cabin in Maggie Valley, NC,
and markets memberships for Discovery
Place, Inc She sees Ginger Lutz Stephen
often. Ginger was looking for a mother-ol-
the bride dress lor daughter Elizabeth
Belser's (SBC '88) wedding 5/1/93. Alicia
Laing Salisbury was elected 11/92 to a
third 4-yr. term in the KS Senate and was ap-
pointed Chairman, Commerce Committee
and Vice-Chairman, Ways and Means. At the
national level, "I am Chairman of the National
Conference of State Legislatures Blue Rib-
bon Advisory Panel on Workers' Compen-
sation and have authored a comprehensive
reform bill which has been adopted by the
KS Legislature (but is threatened to be ve-
toed by the Governor at the request of the
AFL-CIO). John and I plan trips to CO and
NM this summer and to Kenya for a 2-wk.
safari 10/93 Patti Anderson Warren
works for Marin County, CA, lor the Com-
mission on the Status of Women as an Af-
firmative Action Specialist, and gives
training sessions called "Identification and
Prevention of Sexual Harassment". She
swims a mile a day, enjoys water-skiing, and
travelled on business with husband, Rob, to
Nova Scotia and New Orleans. Son Mark is
doing a Master's at Stanford while working
full time tor Hewlett-Packard. Patti enjoyed
a visit 9/92 from Bamby Miff.
Mary Cosby RInehart and Bruce are
involved in the addiction field in Charlotte,
as well as their church and the Nature Con-
servancy. Her fee-only financial planning
business is booming. Lou Chapman
Hoffman "edits the newsletter for the His-
toric New Orleans Collection, a history mu-
seum in the French Quarter - a complex of
7 historic buildings joined by 4 courtyards.
The main entrance is at 533 Royal Street and
I recommend a visit! I am also on the board
of the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Lit-
erary Festival held annually at the end of
March Anne Semmes Stavropoulos
writes from Greece: "Although widowed
since '81 , 1 still live in Athens. Son Pavio (28)
lives in Denver with his wife and daughter
(2). Son Alex (25) is a pilot with United Air-
lines. I get to the U.S. every year or two. Had
a great month in India this winter. Have lots
of spare time having scrupulously avoided
work most of my life. Still love to ride - 1 love
my little Greek mare, 16 yr.-old dog, and
many cats. I volunteer with a Therapeutic
Riding Group, Lighthouse tor the Blind, read,
draw, think, and vegetate! Do visit! (local tel-
8940779)"
Between Anne Cone Liptzin and her
husband, Mike, they have 10 children and
both look forward to becoming grandparents
for the first time spring 93. "Most of the kids
are on their own, but someone always needs
something." Her youngest, Mary Birgel.
graduates from UNO in May. Anne is Presi-
dent of Triangle Hospice "and that's a big
job. I still paint, and enjoy offering my pho-
tography skills to non-profits. Am facing
Mike's retirement 6/94 with fear and trepi-
dation" Barbara Anne Stanford Mason
chaired the Tournament of Bands competi-
tion/fundraiser at daughter, Ruth Anne's,
school, where Ruth Anne played the flute in
the Marching Band. There are plans tor Ruth
Anne to stay with friends in Tulsa and San
Diego lor her last 2 years of h.s., "getting
away from the limitations of this small town".
Beth Louise Todd is in 7th grade. Keith
works lor Lees, the oldest DC. funeral home.
Barbara Anne saw Faith Bullis Sebring at
their 35th Holton-Arms reunion.
Deeda Hill Bradford writes "Reed re-
tired 1/92. and we are involved in motor
home trips to see our sons. Jay in Birming-
ham and Mike in Washington DC, and to
do some mission work here and there. Son
Tom has been substitute teaching and plans
to join Up with People 7/93." Linda
McArthur Hollis and Bob went to Sanibel
Island 3/93 and plan a trip to Australia in 94.
Linda plays tennis and volunteers at the
local art museum, and at the Therapeutic
Riding Academy, tutors ESL twice a week,
leads a weekly bible study, and is Civic
Beautification Chairman for Garden Club.
Daughter, Jennifer, in her last year at Johns
Hopkins Medical School, plans on family
practice. Son, Scott, married 8/92, graduates
with honors from Amherst College in
May, and will pursue a PhD in Chemistry at
either Harvard or MIT. Catherine Caldwell
Cabaniss continues painting and print-
making. She has a studio in downtown
Birmingham as well as one at 1 10 Mercer
Street, NYC. She plans shows lor 8/93 and
9/93 in Portland ME Library and the Choco-
late Church Factory in Bath ME respectively.
Sara Finnegan Lycettand Ike: New
grandchildren "a daughter to son, David, and
a son and daughter to daughter, Merry. So
much activity I persuaded Ike that we needed
a vacation in Sicily, a beautiful Mediterra-
nean island with a 3rd century BC Greek
temple perched on every other hill. The mo-
saics in Monreale and Piazza Armerina were
breathtaking." Diane Stevens Creedon is
living at 280 Commonwealth Avenue in Bos-
ton, "enjoying the luxury and challenge of
being a full-time student at Harvard's Exten-
sion School. I should receive a Certificate in
Special Studies in Business Administration
and Management in June...l am on a leave
of absence from Richard Lewis Communi-
cations: I worked for them in Turku, Finland
1990-92. Jane Garst Lewis is married to
the owner, Don Lewis." Judy Rohrer
Schultz is finishing an MSEd at Duquesne
U., counseling, and enjoying immensely her
practicum experience. "Am a new Deacon at
church... The kids are fine: the twins just had
their 26th birthday!"
A 2/92 article in the News-Gazette in
Lexington, KY, tells us that Rose Burks
Emery received a law degree from Wash-
ington and Lee in 1990, and joined the law
firm of Spencer and Filson in Lexington,
where she lives with her son, DeWoK. Ttie
Ctiarlotte Observer ran a piece on Mary
Hunter Kennedy Daly 6/92. She won first
place in the Sam Ragan Poet Laureate Con-
test, sponsored by the NC Poetry Society.
Betty Pease Hopkins is a tree lance writer
and does feature articles for the local news-
paper. Betty and Hop replaced the siding
with cedar clapboards and gave the kitchen
a major face-lift. "We have 3 adorable grand-
children and another on the way. Hop and I
plan to visit our youngest daughter in San
Francisco. No Nobel prizes or Rhodes
Scholars - but lots of love and great fun!"
Maria Garnett Hood is still doing Gifted
Program with Northampton County, VA. Bob
is Technology Coordinator. "We both con-
tinue to run Camp Greenbrier which is go-
ing well. After a very busy summer, we went
to St, John's in the V.I. and spent Christmas
in Prague. It's rare that we can get away from
our 2 jobs, and these trips were fantastic. I
am enioying the SPCA Board and a new ad-
venture - running. Bob's years of running
and races pushed me to join. Garland, Will.
Mike, Courtney, and David and his wife are
all employed or engaged in employment pur-
suits - a miracle in these times." Thanks to
all for the great response. I look forward to
hearing from lots more of you for the next
Class Notes.
1965
President: Whitney Jester Ranstrom
Secretary: Libba Hanger Luther
Fund Agent: Julie Bradshaw Sackett
Hello class of '65! Thanks for all the
news. Next time you write I hope you'll
be planning to attend our 30th! Nicki
Batterson Hall works for Project Adven-
ture, an organization which uses the meta-
phor of adventure for enabling teachers,
therapists and businesses to work with each
other. It is "very dynamic and enjoyable."
She hikes, rock climbs and travels with her
grown children Betsy Benoit Hoover
continues to be involved at St. John's Epis-
copal Cathedral. She loves her work as a
family therapist at a substance abuse treat-
ment agency. Betsy reports she is happily
married to a wonderiul man - an architect
and a prof, of architecture. Her daughter, a
2nd year law student at UCLA, has a fall in-
ternship with Children's Defense Fund. Blair
Both's happy news is that St. Michael's is
allowing her a 3-mo. sabbatical (Aug.-
Oct.'93) in Wales at a residential library: she
will visit some renewal parishes in England.
She saw Bonnie Husle Young and
Melinda Musgrove Chapman when she
preached in Birmingham during Lent. Ellie
Crockett Jeffers is manager of the Fine
Arts Center in Colorado Springs. She says
it is interesting but, as a non-profit, over-
whelmingly underpaid! Elizabeth has 2 chil-
dren. Hallie, 3, and Crockett, 6 mos. Anne,
21 , will be a sr. at Dartmouth. She is the first
woman publisher of The Dartmouth which
began in 1794. Crockett will be a soph, at
the U.CO. In her spare time Ellie and her
mother have an interior design firm. "We
never sleep!" Dryden Childs Murck and
Sandy cruised in Dec. from Ft. Lauderdale
to Los Angeles via the Panama Canal,
with Dryden's parents. Mackall and Betty
Blackmer Childs (SBC'43). They are still
thrilled with retirement at what they call
"Camp Skidaway" or "Fantasy Island" where
they play tennis, boat and bike. Sandy's el-
dest son will be married in Oct. after which
they plan a trip to Bermuda for "the biggest
birthday I've had in ages"! Dryden's daugh-
ter Liz Everett is still pertorming in London
and her son Morris Everett III still studying
theater at CALARTS. Bonnie Chapman
McClure is "still in Paris, still on a boat, still
working in p.r. and still married" and she
bought a horse who is the love of her life.
After 3 years of consulting at Levi Strauss for
IBM, Genie Dickey Caldwell moved on
to a joint IBM/Esprit project, developing a
client/server order management system. She
got a promotion in Nov. and a trip to FL with
Peter! She saw Kay Knopf Kaplan at local
SBC functions and says Kay is a broker for
Charles Schwaab. Carol Cole Pelzer is
still in interior design after 15 yrs. Felix will
be a jr. at Vanderbilt and Arthur a freshman
at Sewanee. The Chez Eddy Living Heart
Cool<booi(. which Babette Fraser Hale
wrote and edited won the James Beard award
for Best Cookbook of 1991 in its category.
It is available in book stores and through the
Methodist Hospital in Houston. It contains
heart healthy gourmet recipes which are
much appreciated by husbands because of
the red meat allowed. Alice Haywood
Robbins is studying tor her master's in
counselor ed. at NCSU. She is also the col-
lege counselor and algebra teacher at the
independent school in Southern Pines. Judy
Howe Behn and Bob are adjusting with
Mark at Bates Col. in ME. Bob's research
semester enabled them to stay in Rl into the
early fall for the first time in 20 years. They
are now back in NC where Bob teaches at
Duke and Judy is a tax preparer. Sally
McCrady Hubbard is still with SEL, pub-
lished by Rice University. They're preparing
for son Hayne's May wedding." She and her
husband have been climbing over and pho-
tographing Anasazi ruins in southern Utah.
They plan to visit Mel Freese Cota in
Mexico City in April. Pryor Hale adopted
a baby girl in Asuncion, Paraguay, born 1 1/
13/92, and named her Lucy Mclllwaine Hale.
After 5 wks. in the legal system of Paraguay
and in the U.S. Consular office she returned
with "Lucy Mac" on 4/17. "I am enioying
motherhood when everyone else has off-
spring graduating from college." Pryor plans
to continue as Prof, of Psychology at Pied-
mont College in the fall. She says Mibs
Sebring Raney's daughter will be married
5/93. With only one child at home Elvira
McMillan Tate is pondering the next halt-
century. The two college grads are in CO,
Aspen and Teluride, and her older son is a
freshman at U.GA. Elvira, Libba. Alice and
Aline plan a suitemate reunion in June to
celebrate "those momentous birthdays."
Alice Mighell Foster and George's son
Hails has his MA in accounting and works
in Winston Salem. Ashley graduates from
UNC in math this yr. Sallie Mullins
Thompson's lather died of cancer on her
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
50th birthday. 3/28, "He touched many with
his kindness, caring and generosity,,, I tee!
very fortunate to have had such a wonderful
father," Sallie's daughter, Kathryn, is at SMU
in Dallas, Sailie is taking an early retirement
package from IBIVI after 20 yrs, and will be-
gin a job search soon, Grace Powars
Banks "is still living (IHA) in IVIt, Vernon,
VA about a mile from George Washington's
home," She teaches voice and piano to
groups and individuals and performs at wed-
dings, church solos and funerals She also
tapes voice parts for practice tapes for
choral groups and accompanies her local
children's theater. Her husband, a profes-
sional musician, played guitar at one of the
inaugural balls. He is the librarian at Notre
Dame Academy in IVIiddleburg and has pub-
lished 2 books in theology. Two of their 4
daughters are finished college and married,
one is a college soph, and one a h,s, fresh-
man. Grace has 5 grandchildren! Her pet
project is the American Opera Scholarship
Society where she serves on the board,
"Springtime at Sweet Briar still blooms in my
memory Sally Rasco Thomas writes
that they are now officially "empty nesters"
with David at Williams and Bill at Humboldt
State U, in the CA Redwood Country, She
has been development director of the local
Science Center for 5 yrs, and finds it chal-
lenging during S, CA's worst recession in
many yrs Carol Ann Reifsnyder Rhoads
is in Shreveport where Bob chairs the Bio-
chemistry Department at the LSU IVIedical
Center, She works in the Physiology dept,
studying Glutatlione - a reductant which
might help prevent the harmful effects of
aging, Jennifer graduated from Duke and is
in physicians assistant school in NC, She
was married in June in Lexington, KY 3 days
before their move to LA Richard is a jr, at
Harvard in applied math. Benjamin is a h.s.
soph Foy Roberson Cooley is in the
same house in Chatham, NJ and in the same
business (self storage development and
management) for many years now. Their
business grows every yr. They have over 50
employees. They ski every winter and in the
summers, Ken fly fishes while the kids and
Foy backpack in the high peaks of CO and
IVIT. Graham is at Colorado Col., Millie
works tor Readers Digest, Eric starts New-
ark Academy and Eileen is 12. Traylor
Rucker is enioying retirement from the Navy
in Charleston and also enioys tennis, travel
and volunteer work, Traylor was very sad-
dened by the death of her brother last May
from a brain tumor, Magda Salvesen, still
immersed in art history, teaches courses at
NYU and the New School and gives lectures
at libraries, corporations and other colleges
on exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, Scribble Scribner Euston writes.
"Am I really that old? Greg is taking early re-
tirement 4/30 and we are moving, after Will's
h,s, graduation, to our house in FL," Scribble
says Molly Sutherland Gwinn is teach-
ing at U.of N.TX Linda Schwaab Hodges
loves teaching nursery school. She sings in
the choir, works in Kinston's soup kitchen
and takes care of her 3 dogs - two Akitas and
one Rottweiller, She loves living on a farm.
Her husband, Jim. passed away from pan-
creatic cancer 1/92, "He had an indomitable
spirit that kept us all going," Their 3 children
are all out of the house: Marcus is a 1 st year
med student at ECU Med School in Green-
ville, NC: Rebecca is at Meredith Col, in
Raleigh, and Samantha at Davidson Col.
Linda saw Brenda Muhlinghaus Barger
at the NC State Fair where Brenda's children
showed prize winning lambs, Vicky Thoma
Barrette has been with Baystate Health
Systems in Springfield, MA for 20 yrs. She
is Director of the Information Services Divi-
sion The past 3 winters she and Nancy
MacMeekin have gone skiing in the Rocky
Mountains, Vicky's summer highlight is a
July 4th weekend sail that she and her hus-
band take with friends on the Chesapeake
Bay, "Four days and 3 nights on the water
make lor a great stress reliever"! Mona
Thornhill Armistead survived a remodel
and they are relishing the peace and quiet.
She is doing a masters in Counseling
Psychology at Santa Clara U, She is chair-
man of the board of the YMCA of the Mid-
Peninsula, and is on the boards of the
Children's Health Council and CHAC, an
in-school drug counseling agency. Ashley
(Duke '91 ) is engineer at Synceptics and will
do an M.S. at Stanford. Wade graduates from
Vanderbilt 5/93, Clay enters h.s. which al-
lows Bob to still enjoy coaching. Connie
Triplette Barker is still in Statesville, NC
in the now-too-big house they built 20 yrs.
ago. Bill still practices ENT medicine and
hopes our new President won't put him out
of business. Mary. 21, is at NC State and
Roger. 14, will be a 3rd former at Woodberry,
Connie intends to begin a second career of
"volunteerism" if she can work it into her
exercise schedule at the YMCA, Mimi Vogt
Macht says all is well in Flood River, OR,
Marlow is a soph, at Princeton and Madison
a jr. in h.s. Mimi teaches German and SAT
Preparation Harriet Wall Martin writes
that May is a sr, at Davidson and Grier is in
law school at Chapel Hill. D.G. left law prac-
tice in Charlotte to work in Chapel Hill for
the UNC System (not UNC-Chapel Hill).
They live on campus in the large and beau-
tiful garden built by Dr. Boyd, a well-known
prof, of religion, Dana Wasson Noyes's
son. Bradford. 21. is at UVA in the School
of Architecture and her son. Gregory. 18. is
at Clemson. She was widowed in Dec. 1 988.
Dana sings in the St. Georges by the River
choir and is president of the board of the
Volunteer Center of Monmouth County.
Kathleen Watson Taylor writes from
Washington. NC that Marshall continues to
enjoy his Radiology practice. Carney. 23. is
in med school at E. Carolina U.. Anne is a
freshman at FurmanU. and Selden. 15. is a
happy h.s. freshman. Kathleen enjoys her
church involvement, tennis, yard work, and
housekeeping. They are doing some biking.
Belle Williams Smith s daughter is fin-
ishing 2 yrs. with Teach For America in New
Orleans and another one is graduating from
W&L (she did the SBC abroad) and has been
hired by the Defense Intelligence Agency.
She also has a 7th grade son active in sports.
Sally Wright Hyde and Steve are enjoy-
ing an empty nest. Katie is a freshman at
Williams Col. Alix will graduate from there
in June and Mike has been on his own.
teaching for 2 yrs. at Delbarton School in
Morristown. NJ. "Sometimes my middle age
bones ache after a rigorous morning with my
preschoolers " Holly Zweigler Schroeter
is enrolled in a M.A.T. program in order to
be certified to teach ESL to grades K-8. There
is a significant Asian population in Cresskill.
NY and her experience of living in Japan is
coming in handy. Her son, Eric, out of the
Navy now. is an English major at the U.AZ.
He wants to be a writer. Her daughter, a
magna cum laude government maior. gradu-
ated from Connecticut Col. in '92 and now
teaches English to univ, students in Brno,
Czechoslovakia,
1969
President: Martha Brewer
Secretary: Nancy Crawford Bent
Fund Agent: Elizabeth (Liz)
Medaglla
With Carrie at W&L and Hunter looking
at colleges (she interviewed at SBC and liked
it), Liz Beach Baker (Germantown. TN)
thinks she may be forced "to find a real |ob"
instead of her part-time work now with Polo/
Ralph Lauren, Liz continues to be involved
with volunteer organizations, and was
elected to a 3 year term on the vestry of their
church. The Bakers' youngest, son Frazier,
is starting 7th grade. Marcia Bernbaum
(Washington. DC) and her husband. Eric
Zailman. are Foreign Service Officers with
the Agency for International Development.
Having been in Central America in the late
'70s to mid '80s, and then in Kenya (1989-
1991 ). they are now back in DC with Shana
(17), a freshman at Earlham College, and
Leah (13). Marcie expected to move to a new
position as Director of the Office of Carib-
bean Affairs. She's hoping to make her first
SBC reunion in '94, but Kathy BIythe
Southerland (Charlotte. NC) is not sure
she'll be free since Liza (21) will graduate
from Sewanee 5/94. and son J.J. from h.s.
thatJune. Her husband. Bill, is still in con-
struction, and they both fund raise "ad nau-
seam" for civic groups, church, school, etc.
For fun. they planned to sail the San Juan
Islands off Seattle in July.
Martha Brewer (New Orleans. LA)
took part in the Gay and Lesbian March on
Washington in April. She urges us to tell our
representatives in Congress that people like
her should not be kicked out of the military.
The anti-gay policy is used to drive women
out of the service 10 times more frequently
than men. which makes one wonder if there's
more than one agenda here. Avis Brown
Yount (Augusta, GA) and Peter are busy
with primary medicine and with Lindsay (1 3)
and Kenan (9). They were planning a busy
summer with Lindsay going to Seafarer,
Avis's old camp, and Kenan going with Avis
to San Diego where she will participate in
teaching a course. Avis hoped they would get
to the beach and at least one Braves game.
Towny, Liz, and Link looked great in their
Halloween portrait, photographed by their
mother, Courtney Cash Mustin (Alexan-
dria VA). Wondering why she can never get
her "exciting, overwhelming, and completely
dramatic news" to your editor on time.
Courtney reports that she has been driving
a limousine on the side to augment her with-
ering real estate commissions, and she has
found this unusual job "a total blast and lu-
crative, too."
Dianne Cassedy Lambert (Wash-
ington, DC) just received her PhD from
Georgetown in Political Science and is "new
on detail from NASA (employer of 1 8 years)
to the Joint Committee on Organization of
the Congress", where she will remain until
the Committee's work is complete. Her hus-
band. David, is Senior VP with the NYSE in
DC and (better yet!) he is an FOB (Friend of
Bill's) as he is an Arkansan too. They have 2
sons. Walker (1 5) and Taylor (5). And speak-
ing of FOB'S. IS there one of us who doesn't
know that Hattie Coons Babbitt has
moved to DC^ Her husband. Bruce, has
joined the Clinton Administration as Secre-
tary of the Interior, and Hattie has joined as
Ambassador to the Organization of Ameri-
can States.
Her son and her stepdaughter both turned
16 this summer, so Barbara Duffield
Erskine (Chester Springs. PA) is wonder-
ing if anyone has a lead on fleet insurance.
With another son and her stepson both 12,
Barb anticipated watching adolescents go-
ing in 4 different directions this summer.
Meanwhile, she keeps up their old house,
barn, and gardens, and keeps on with her
French Club and Spanish lessons "to fulfill
a long-held dream of being trilingual." She
travels with her husband to S. America
whenever possible, mostly Costa Rica and
Chile. Flora Gilbert Wiley (Pearisburg.
VA) is still a Family Counselor with the VA
Dept. of Youth and Family Services. She and
her husband. Robert, maintain 3 Appaloosa
horses, the kids' 20 yr. old pony. 2 dogs, and
a cat. and they are buying a 10 acre farm
where lots of effort will go into remodeling
fences, barn, and house - in that order.
She didn't sign her note, but "Main cor-
respondent - Susan Scanlan in Taiwan"
tipped me off. It must be Melissa Griffith
Manning who wrote that she is back in VA.
still with horses and free-lance writing, "For
one brief, shining month" she was back in
SBC-size jeans, "but now am not, alas."
Almost as good as FOB - Cathy Hall
Stopher (Louisville. KY) has a picture on
her refrigerator of Eddie Murphy with his
arms around Marshall and Charles, taken on
Virgin Gorda during spring break! Almost as
good, her husband. Ed. is "so excited be-
cause he found a 'mole lady' who killed all
the moles in our yard so we aren't looking
at or falling into freshly dug mole hills."
Both Marshall and Charles are on varsity
tennis teams Claudette Harloe Dalton
(Earlysville. VA) is Asst. Dean for Medical
Education at UVA and is working on pro-
grams to train general ist physicians. She is
also "back in the OR brushing up on my
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anesthesiology and feeling very old, slow,
and stupid among the young residents."
Claudette was honored with an Invitation
to give the medical school graduation ad-
dress In t\/lay. Her son, Gordon (17), Is look-
ing at colleges and becoming a kayak
expert Nearby. Cynthia Hays Finley
(Charlottesville, VA) and Bob are delighted
with the dream house they built a year ago
on the farm where Bob grew up. "People say
beware of dream houses. But this one is
lovely, different, and the heating and cool-
ing system works - no heating and cooling
bills all yearl" Meny Hill Pettit (Tallahas-
see, FL) and Brooks are also settling in hap-
pily to the house they built when they left MA.
They squeezed in trips to St. Thomas and
Bermuda ("the first with teenagers, the sec-
ond without") and are "keeping busy with
who knows what?" Her daughter. Rachel, Is
a freshman at Sewanee. Meny ran Into Jane
Reid Pryor In the gift shop where Jane
works, and Meny wrote that Jane Is doing
"lots of Interesting things," So write, Janel
What are they?
With her son. Baker, a freshman at UNC-
Chapel Hill this tall. Kay Hutton Barry
(Nashville. TN) has been so excited for him
that she's needed to be reminded who It Is
who's going to college. She and Dick had
their own share of excitement in June
when they spent 2 weeks in Greece and
Switzerland. To celebrate the 25th anniver-
sary of their "fantastic" weeks traveling to-
gether In Europe. Mary Mahan Marco
(Doylestown. PA), Maureen Robertson
Baggett (Owings, MD), and Sue Roessel
Gibson (Ambler, PA) got their families to-
gether in July for a picnic and had lots of fun
reliving "great memories" of that European
trip and of SBC. The college where Mary
teaches had major labor Issues this past
year, but she was grateful that they were re-
solved without a strike. She wrote that Sue
has been helping to implement a new math
program for 2nd graders and attended a
conference for math educators.
Jane Merriam Hlldt (Arlington, VA)
says her news is in the "still" category: she's
still at HUD, in the Community Development
Block Grant program: her husband. Dan. still
does publication/graphics design: their chil-
dren still play lots of soccer. Patrick (16)
loves having his license and Amanda (14
1/2) made varsity soccer and got straight A's
In the winter term Jane took a Master Gar-
dener course, hoping to correct 20 years of
bad habits. Off on "the adventure of a life-
time". Sue Scanlan and her SO,, Jared
Cameron, have been in Taipei for a year, he
as a promoter of Taiwan products and she
as a spoiled housewife/student of Mandarin.
When she wrote. Sue was looking fonward
to 4 weeks In Paris, Frankfurt, and Milan In
May ("tulfllling my life-long dream to be
considered 'Euro-Trash") and then on to the
USA "lor a month of clean air, sour cream,
clothes that fit. and prices we can afford!"
She invites all Fat City classmates to come
try one ol their guest rooms on Jen-Ai Road.
Congratulations to Atlee Walker (Wash-
ington, DC) and John S. Rippey who were
married on Feb. 3rd! Atlee Is teaching ESL
to foreign deaf students at Gallaudet U. and
her daughter, Jessica, is a soph, at W & L.
Betsy West Dripps (Benwyn, PA) and
Craig are "still trying to educate our future
generation", including their daughter, Heidi
(a 10th grader at Betsy's school, who has to
put up with her mom as her hockey and la-
crosse coach), and Perry (In PreK at Craig's
school). Wes, their oldest, graduated from
Amherst last year, spent the summer In AZ
doing geology research, taught the fall se-
mester in Zermatt, and Is off to Dartmouth
this tall for grad school In geology Marlon,
a sr. at Bucknell, spent a fabulous semester
in Australia her jr. year. Elizabeth Wyatt
(Brooklyn, NY) Is enjoying the successful
completion of 2 ma|or projects In her pro-
fessional life with Merck this year: the de-
finitive agreements for a major pan-European
joint venture between Pasteur-Melieux (sp?)
and Merck, for submission to the European
Commission for review: and a ma|or
pharmaceutical Industry AIDS research col-
laboration. Including Merck, to perform con-
comitant clinical development on HIV
antivirals as early as possible to attempt to
prevent/delay drug resistance (see the WSJ
& the NYT. 4/20), Meantime, her husband,
John, has brought Continental Airlines
through bankruptcy, so Elizabeth is hoping
to see more ol him in the last half of '93.
Finally. Peter and I also fall into the
"still" category - still raising Adele (14) and
Charles (10), still at Nikon (Peter) and at
home (me), still working on fixing up our
beach house. Adele won a school-wide es-
say contest In Jan., and shared the honor
with the son of another (younger!) SBC grad.
Superior genes!
1973
President: Kathleen Cochran Schutze
Secretary: Louise (Weezie)
Blakaslee Gilpin
Fund Agent: Janice (Jan) Keith
Given the quick turnaround time to get
our notes in, our class sent enough news to
tantalize us until next time. Cindy Bekin
Anderson reported from Omaha following
our reunion that "we all look fantastic, but
who are all those 'old guys' with us^" Her 2
children (4 & 1 1/2) keep her hopping, Mary
Jane Berry is still Asst. Prof, at WVU
School ol Medicine, Dept, of Behavioral
Med/Psychiatry and recently opened a small
private psychotherapy practice. Alison, 9,
and husband Robert were also sorry to miss
reunion - apparently Robert enjoyed shar-
ing a bathroom with women! After a winter
with 180 in. of snow, Mary Jane Is enjoying
the summer and anticipating a visit from
Dianne Wood Keyser In Fairfax, VA
Dorsie Buck Harrison's life "continues to
be blessed with our family, friends, church
and work." Dorsie will teach K at a Christian
preschool: her husband is an Air Force
physician at Bethesda Naval Hospital. With
2 teenagers and a 10 yr. old, they stay busy!
Barb Cain Hegarty lives in Gary. NC. Her
son, Ryan. 7, is In yr.-round school: Melissa,
3, goes all year but only because of Barb's
work schedule Joyce Cameron Harder
has founded Parents Empowered to Save
Teens to help families In the Charleston, SC
area address the dangers of underage drink-
ing. The Impetus was a year which saw 5
teenagers killed in alcohol-related car acci-
dents, Howard raises pond-grown shrimp on
nearby Edisto Island, Walt Is a |r. at the h.s.
where Joyce teaches French and daughter.
Cameron, is in 7th grade. The whole family
Is active In their Christ Episcopal Church.
Kathleen Cochran Schutze. our new
class president, lives in Midlothian, VA. Tay-
lor, 7, takes karate lessons: Emily, 5 Is in jr.
kindergarten, and Walker Is 2 1/2 Steve is
a SVP with NationsBank and travels all over
the Southeast. Kathleen Is thinking of get-
ting a dog. ..beyond a certain point, maybe
chaos Is just chaos? Kathleen wants us all
to be thinking of ways to make our 25th
spectacular. Susan Craig Smith, Wayne,
Bennett, 6 1/2, and Edward, 5, enjoy camp-
ing and hiking in Columbia. SC. Susan's
graphic design business Is busy while
Wayne Is in real estate. Mac Cuthbert Lan-
gley writes that with Will, 14, at camp, her
summer vacation had begun. Her daughter
(my goddaughter!) is on the swim team and
the family dotes on Cuthbert. They survived
both the house being on a house tour and a
wedding reception resulting In a clean house
with all the silver polished. Since reunion life
has been tumultuous tor Sue Oern Plank.
Her tather-ln-law died and husband David
left 6/22 to spend a year In Honduras. Sue
and Elena are in Canaioharie. NY for July.
Lisa Fowler Winslow learned this spring
that she has breast cancer and is in treatment
at UCLA. Her family and friends, "including
some very dear SBC friends" have been
wonderfully supportive. I know that our col-
lective thoughts and prayers tor a complete
recovery are winging their way to CA. Lisa
Is already making plans to be at our 25th!
Susanne Garrison Hoder, John, Ross,
10, and Frank, 7, live In Barrlngton, Rl. The
sport of the season determines their sched-
ule with Susanne volunteering as well.
John's company does benefit planning,
administration and computer software pro-
duction A mini-reunion is planned with Nan.
Lee. Carter. Jenny, Betsy, Andrea and
possibly Emily during a family trip to GA,
"Twenty years out and I'm stil I In the expan-
sion mode" writes Janie Genster, Her
daughters Emily, 11 1/2, Darcy, 10, and
Claire. 6 1/2, were joined by their brother,
Connor born 6/9. Janle Is on a 6 mo.
leave from her job as Associate Counsel for
The Washington Post. Her husband. John
Buckley, continues his litigation practice with
Williams & Connolly. Jan Keith has
changed jobs at National Louis Univ. where
she is the Director for Continuing Educ. Jan
was so competent as a fundraiser during the
20th that she was elected Fund Agent
through the 25th and writes that "I Intend to
be an elegantly assertive fund agent." Su-
san Kirby Peacock spent Memorial Day
Weekend on a family camping trip around
FL. including the Keys, However she did
send 3 paintings to SBC for the Alumnae Art
Show. Susan also works as a pharmacist In
homeless clinics and reports that at ages 4
& 5, parenthood Is more sane Although her
2nd yr. as an ESL aide at the local h s. was
easier than her first. Janie Knutson
James Is still shocked by public education
and by the students. She made strong ties
with her students (no surprise to us) and will
return in the fall, Patrick, 11 1/2, Elizabeth,
9 1/2, and Michael are "all wonderful," They
plan a camping trip to the beach and an Aug,
trip to San Francisco. Jane Garland
Lucas merged her interior design firm with
an architectural firm in Boston and spent
much time commuting to their London of-
fice. Following husband Carmen's brain sur-
gery for a benign tumor, Jane had cancer
surgery but both have received excellent
doctor's reports now They are in a new
house In Charlestown. MA just below the
Bunker Hill Monument. In Sept. Jane starts
as a lull-time Interior Architecture faculty at
Rl School of Design as well as reviving her
firm, JGL Interiors, which will share office
space with Carmen, who is a architect Jane
has 2 step-children. Ann Major Gibb fin-
ished her 3rd yr. as a computer teacher at an
independent school and reports that "life
remains busy at the Shore." She hopes that
more of the class will attend the 25th as 20th
was "really fun." After 20 yrs, in higher ed.,
Laurie Norris decided to go back to the pri-
mary level where she feels she can make a
bigger difference. She is working on her sec-
ond masters degree and hopes to find a job
in the next few years. Laurie's daughters are
10 and 12 and she just remarried and says
that Sean is terrific. They hope to see Sue
Dern Plank this summer. Betsy Oakley
Smith added Nautilus fitness training to her
schedule as her sons, Harrison, 14, William,
10 and Robert, 7, "outsize" her. When Carol
Anne Provence Gallivan visited U of AL
with her daughter, they visited Betsy and
Smitty Jane Olmstead Murphy lives in
Dallas. Peter is a jr, in h.s. and Moira Is in
Middle School. Jane and Paul celebrated his
25th reunion at Georgetown last spring and
attended a gala dinner at the White House
hosted by Bill and Hillary Stephania
Paparozzi Williams's life in AZ is busy
with her growing kids. Bruce, Jr., 1 1 , is off
to CO for camp and Richard, 14, is in camp
in San Diego. Bruce and Stephania are going
fishing In WY and CO and Stephania and her
father are going to Italy for 3 wks. Jean Piatt
Spencer is teaching golf 7 days a wk. this
summer. After a 2-day LPGA seminar in
Mechanicsburg, PA, Jean will be the golf pro
on board a Nonwegian Cruise Lines-Sewards
ship for a week. Then fall tournaments In MA
& MD, Jean and David also try to work on
the house and do things with the children
who 'do not think golf is fun!" Debbie Pol-
lock Arce and Roger are building a new
house which made a cross-country trip lor
reunion undoable but the 25th is already on
their calendar. Cory, 8, loves school and
gymnastics: Ross Is 6 and Reed 2 1/2.
Debbie Is doing tinancial work for a company
that she and a friend started so "life's never
dull." Jane Potts lives In Charleston, SC
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and sees Mac and Jane McFaddin. Jane de-
serves kudos tor all her hard work, along with
Jan Keith and others to raise money for our
reunion gift. Our class won the participation
award lor the YOUNGER reunion classes -
nice ring to that although this was the last
time our class tails in that category! Barb
Prentiss Balascio and her sons, John, 14,
and Chris, 18, enjoy the beaches of S, CA,
Barb is the Administrator for the Dept. of
Pathology, UCl_A-lrvlne College of Medicine
- "a real challenge under the new adminis-
tration" in Washington. Carol Anne
Provence Gallivan and Mills celebrated
their 20th anniversary scuba diving in Grand
Cayman tor a wk. without kids. Anne
Genevieve Is a sr. at Christ Church
Episcopal School, Henry is in 6th grade and
Harriet In 5th. The family has an annual trip
skiing in Vail and a summer trip to Kiwah
Island (hoping to see Mac and Johnny) and
Lake Keeowee.
Nancy Richards Miets' latest book is
Lord Fortune's Prize Uom Avon Books. An-
other of her books, Miss WiMam's Be-
trothal, was a finalist for Best Regency Novel
of 1992 Romance Writers of America. Lisa
Marsliail Chalmers and I always talked
about writing romance novels but never did
any actual work! Nancy juggles carpools and
her 3 children with a tall deadline for a large
historical novel - a medieval story set In the
Scottish Highlands. Nancy also chairs the
Annual Fund Telethon tor Mount Vernon
College Sue Rockwell Patten trains
horses in Tempe, AZ. Daughter, Mollie, 12,
also rides and shows: son, Chris, 14, is into
soccer and baseball. His soccer team won
the state championship. Malcolm's |ob In-
volves frequent trips to NM. Oessa Rutler
missed reunion because she Is in the middle
of addition/renovation work on her house
and trying to sun/lve another New Orleans
summer. Dessa worked with Betsie Meric
Gambel during Betsie's "banner, yet ex-
hausting year as Jr. League of NO. presi-
dent " Jeanne Schaeler Bingham writes
that "coming to our 20th was a dream ful-
filled." After a horrific accident 10 yrs. ago,
Jeanne had to relearn most basic skills. Her
courage and indomitability are inspiring. Her
husband, Rack,and daughter, Stacy, 8, also
came to reunion.
Renee Sterling works at Shearson
Lehman in Dallas - as ot July, Smith Barney
Shearson. She builds and manages people's
retirement and education funding portfolios.
Renee Is grateful for Mr. Miller's Jan. term
on Wall Street. .."othenATlse, who knows? I
could have been restoring frescoes on
Florentine walls!" Of the 20th, Renee
writes, "I am so glad I revisited the campus
and reawakened old friendships." And, I,
Weezie Blakeslee Gilpin, am happily
ensconced In the 3-mo. summer phase of
my life. In our house on Martha's Vineyard,
I garden, read, play tennis and hang on to
my title as Queen of Seaglass. Alexa, 16, is
learning to drive and Is a mother's helper tor
the summer living away. Blake, 14, is a spec-
tacular tennis and squash player taking the
15 and under squash championship in MA
his first season. Christopher, 1 1 , known as
Critter, remains the child whom a friend said
existed to make us humble as parents. I con-
tinue to enioy my work as the Counselor at
Walnut Hill School. Bob was honored with
the appointment of one of the 2 teaching
chairs in history at Milton Academy. His
book about taking a year oft and a NYTah
ticle boosts his consulting work. As some-
one said at our 20th who had not known that
I was married to "Mr. Gilpin", "You married
that hunk?" I couldn't agree more. By the
way, I was first runner-up In the grey hair
contest at reunion. You will have to be at the
25th tor the next contest! My best to you all
and thank you al I who were able to be at SBC
In May. It was fun.
1977
President: Vivian Yamaguchi Cohn
Secretary: Kathleen Golden
Fund Agents: Jane Mooney, Anne
Rubel-Waddell
Although it's a year since Reunion, I still
have fond memories of those of you I saw
there. I hope next Reunion we can double or
triple the number of attendees! Sally
Bonham Mohle said she has lots of tree
time now, since she is no longer class sec-
retary. We all owe her a debt ot gratitude tor
a job well done! Sally is now Involved with
her h.s. class 20-year reunion. She is still at
George Mason University full-time and has
a part-time business doing Myers-Brlggs
seminars. Pete has returned to George
Mason as Director of the All-University Card
System Dabney Bragg Foshee and
David are still in Mobile, AL. They have two
sons, John (4) and Bragg (1 1/2). Dabney
works part-time as an attorney with the firm
she's been with since she graduated from
Vanderbilt. She corresponds with Barbara
Clark McLaughlin Laurie Burrell Gar-
den, in San Francisco, en|oys the hectic
pace of being a working mom. Husband
Lloyd and son "little Lloyd" and mom enjoy
skiing and have recently become jet ski en-
thusiasts. Laurie's biggest tear was being
seen in a wet suit after having her son. She
wishes the San Francisco Alumnae Club was
more active!
Kate Carnwath Hopkins lives In the
MD countryside where Padge Is a cabinet
maker and gardener. She Is an innkeeper at
the Society Hill Hotel, and rubs elbows with
the Symphony crowd. "I should have learned
more about music," she added. Sarah (6) Is
in school C. Stirling Cassidy Smith
loves New York where she owns Stirlings
Specialties, a stationery company. She and
her husband Blair have a 2-yr.-old, Alec.
Nancy Church was especially prolific In her
note saying "no news from here," - which
means she must be up to something! Ann
Crossingham Connor writes from Char-
lotte, NC that children Leslie Ann (13) and
Will (10) are showing American Saddle-
breeds. Husband Bill is still enjoying his
club manufacturing plant and retail store.
Elaine Griffin Bracewell and Brad had a
fourth child named Edward. With 2 boys and
2 girls, Elaine says it is truly "out of control."
With the little tree time she has she is in-
volved with the Texas Children's Hospital
Peggy Haley Sheehan is busy with
2 little ones as she plans to move to a larger
house in Denver. She plans to visit family In
England this summer. Renee Hanson
Crowder left the Secret Service 6/90 and
traveled around the U.S. Her son Drew (1 1
1/2) swims year-round, plays soccer and
basketball, so mom has taken on the role of
taxi driver. She visited the Caribbean with her
husband. She now works at a local pre-
school and loves it She plans to re-do the
kitchen this summer and go to CA with the
family. IVIary Hodge who lives In KS, was
In NC recently for husband Charlie's 20th re-
union at Davidson. She saw SBC roommate
Roxane Clement in Asheville Debi
Hubble is Director of Admissions for
Lynchburg College and In her spare time
horseback rides and golfs. She is also con-
tinuing graduate work toward a M.Ed, in
Counseling. Debi visited Nina Baker and
3-yr.-old Natalie. Nina Is vice president for
RP Communications near Towson, MD.
Glenn King Springer moved to the coun-
try, 12 miles from Columbus, GA. Lil (11),
Haden (8) and John (3) enjoy the country
while mom volunteers, chairing the estab-
lishment of a Ronald MacDonald House.
Phooi-Ching Lai is in Singapore where
she was just tenured and is waiting to go on
sabbatical with her husband and family. He
hopes to renew his skills at the Mayo Clinic.
Ebet Little Stevens says Bob Is in In-
vestor relations and she is taking care of
Elizabeth (9), Anne (6), and Robby (2). She's
looking forward to seeing Tricia Waters' new
baby in the summer Anne Marshall still
enjoys her job as Fish Biologist In Olympia,
WA at the Dept. of Fisheries, working on the
genetics of salmon and on the threatened
salmon populations of the Snake River. She
did get back to VA and NC last summer for
a dose of real heat and to visit family. Becky
Mayer Gutierrez writes from Springfield,
MA that sons George (9), Anthony (6) and
Michael (2 1/2) keep her busy, and she is
involved with Sunday School and sports.
Stephanie Maxson Kenyon and Scott
welcomed "their little tax deduction" Jack
Scott Kenyon III 12/31/92. She's returned to
work, trying to juggle career and baby
and having a great time. Mary Palmer
Blackman's cafe, restaurant and catering
company is expanding in Nashville. Daugh-
ter Kate is 10. Husband Buddy Is producing
and writing in the country music business.
She sees Anne Taylor Doollttle and Drusie
Hall and heard from Laurie Burrell over
Christmas Molly Reeb Nissman is still
excited over the birth of Andrew Terrill on 1 1/
22/92. Daughter Nancy (12) adores him.
She's back at Merrill Lynch after taking off 2
months Ellen Tetlow Pannone lives in
VT and has 2 sons - Jason (9) and Jonathan
(6). Gary opened his own law firm and Ellen
started a business with 2 friends called
"Proper Attire," which sells promotional at-
tire and activewear with monogrammlng.
She enjoys golfing.
Cain Thomas Linzee continues to
love her work as a producer and editor ot
medical surgical videos. She travels a lot and
meets surgeons who are doing amazing
work in new areas. David is working on a
novel and screenplay. Linda Uihiein still
loves the Charlottesville area, is working on
her timber frame addition and volunteers
with the lire company. She has a new Bou-
vier des Flandres puppy and was scuba div-
ing In Belize in fall. 1992. Elizabeth Wade
sent a notice that she was to be married to
John M. Miller of Germantown, MD 10/18,
but I'm not sure If that was '92 or '93.
Regardless, best wishes to both. Tricia
Waters Neer and John had their second
baby. Will, 4/93. She has left her |ob at the
National Gallery of Art to be a full-time
mom for a few years. Carolyn Williams
Seeling, In Columbia, SC, wins the alum-
nae award tor the most dramatic story of
motherhood of 1992. Sarah Elizabeth was
born 6/20/92 after only 40 minutes of labor.
However, the trip to the hospital took 50
minutes. Carolyn delivered Elizabeth herself
on the front seat ot the Mazda minivan, while
Stephen drove 90 mph to the emergency
room door of the hospital. Justin (6) is the
proud big brother ot Sarah Elizabeth. Way to
go, Carolyn!
Patti Wornom Henry will be living in
Heidelberg, Germany by the time you read
this, where her husband will be the attorney
lor the Army hospital system in Europe. PattI
hopes to work in the library system and looks
forward to traveling in Europe.
And I, Kathy Golden spent most of the
spring and summer traveling around the
country organizing seminars and confer-
ences for various corporations and federal
agencies. Planning a week at the beach in DE
with family. I would love to hear from any-
one stopping by the Washington, DC area.
Please keep in touch, there were so many of
you I would have enjoyed seeing at Reunion!
1981
President: Allison Joy Roberts
Secretary: Carrie Maynard Nichols
Fund Agents: Molly Rogers Cramer,
Caroline Hawk Sparrow, Olivia
Chaplin Baker
CONGRATULATIONS! to Eve Devine
and her family for winning the 1 993 Golden
Dish Award from GO Magazine for their Big
Lump Crabcake. In case you missed the ar-
ticle in the Spring '93 SBC alumnae maga-
zine. Eve is Marketing Director of Faldley's,
her family's business (founded in 1886) in
the Lexington Market In Baltimore. Sigrid
Carlen Veasey, M.D. and Doug are still in
Philadelphia where she is a Pulmonary
Physician at the U. of PA's Hospital and
Med- School doing clinical work and re-
search. She received a 5 yr. grant from NIH
to study the Sleep Apned Syndrome. Anne
Sargeant Rosenthal and Bob send news
of the birth of Laura Allison, 2/10/93. Anne
Is really enjoying motherhood. K. Ellen
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Hagan finished her second yr. as guidance
counselor for all 450 students at the Banks
Co- H-S, in Homer, GA, She owns a condo
at hiilton Mead, and visited Barbara Burns
Wray- She is also busy with a peer helper
group that she started, the Lifeguards, is
fundraising chair of the Pilot Club in
Commerce, GA and volunteers with the lo-
cal literacy group. She l<eeps in touch with
Jane Ward Moore, Holly Silsand, and
Presley Neithammer Schwinn Jane
Ward Moore and fvtax still live in
t\/latthews, NC with Kassie, 4. She visits
Hilton Head often and looks forward to Bar-
bara Burns Wray's wedding there in Oct
Jane reports that Jane Lauer Maddox had
son #2, At the Greenbriar last summer, Jane
saw Debra Middleton Dickinson and her
husband Tom who were honeymooning
there. Debra wrote just after a delayed hon-
eymoon in Hong Kong, Singapore, volcano
climbing in Indonesia and camel trekking
outside Alice Springs, Australia for 3 days,
Chris Falcon Maasbach married Bruce in
Palm Beach in Jan Both Debra Middleton
Dickinson and Tania Voss Ryan were
bridesmaids. The reception was in a fairytale
setting - a courtyard lined with palm trees
filled with white lights. They honeymooned
in Casa de Campo and St. Barts. Barbara
Bush Cooper moved heaven and earth to
be there for the wedding. Chris said, "They
really upheld SBC's finest traditions. All
weekend long, I heard "Those Sweet Briar
girls are such fun!" Barbara Bush Cooper
lives in Alexandria, VA, with husband Doug
and a dog and "life is grand!!" She is Deputy
Regional Director for CARE, a job which
takes her to countries that don't have Club
Meds! Tania Voss Ryan and family, in-
cluding 2 children & a nanny with a dog, are
Barbs's new neighbors, Barbara Burns
Wray will be married to Joe Tamarri on
10/23/931 She is the Executive Publisher
for Golfer's Guides. They publish 5 regional
magazines in the Southeast. She keeps up
with Earlene Lynch and Suzanne
Pomeroy who is Asst. IVtgr of a IVIerle
Norman cosmetic studio in Dallas. She left
SBC after freshman year and went on to earn
a teaching degree in Marketing and Business
Ed Harriet Harrison Leavell vacationed
lastyr. in Yellowstone & Jackson Hole, WY,
She is busy with Walton's (age 5) school. Jr.
League, a house that always needs some-
thing, and last but not least, her daughter
Sarah "Brooks," born 1/18/93. The family
hopes to spend a good part of the summer
at their house on Galveston Bay. Barrie
Jeffrey McDowell lives in Richmond with
husband. Wheat and daughter, Kathryn
"Kate" Jeffrey (8 mos,) Kate's nickname is
Beanie and that always reminds her of
Sarane McHugh. Sarane and John had a
winter of volunteer work; Jan., at an Easter
Seals Camp in FL, Feb., at the Aransas Nat.
Wildlife Refuge in TX (winter home of the
endangered Whooping Crane), then in
March, they delivered yachts from Ft. Lau-
derdale to Charleston. Home now, she looks
fonward to the summer and her garden. Julie
Brooke Davis's second daughter Susan
was born on her big sister Brooke's second
birthday, 9/6/92. Julie is still Associate
General Counsel for Independent Life in
Jacksonville, FL Headley Sipe Bethke
married Robert on 10/17/92 in Charlottes-
ville, VA, She is a nurse practitioner in Fam-
ily Practice/OBGYN and Robert is a hospital
administrator. The are settling in Reston, VA,
Allison Roberts has been very busy! In
Sept., she went to Florence, Italy for
Consuelo Michelle Martinez's '82 wedding
to Alessandro Cartel, whom she had met
during Jr. year abroad In Oct., Allison at-
tended Jill Steenhuis Rutfato's '80 art show
at Nan Dabbs Loftin's house which ben-
efited the SBC Club of Charlotte. The evening
was a huge success - Jill sold 9 paintings
and 15% of the proceeds went to the club
scholarship fund. Allison also travels to
Bassett trials as a member of the Spring
Creed Basset Hunt of Barrington Hills, IL,
and just returned from Cancun, May Carter
Barger and her husband Carroll loined
Allison and her family in Mexico, where they
all spent an hour swimming with dolphins
and had a blast! May's Stationery Co.. The
Wild Hare Post, sold some items to the SBC
bookshop, and she looks forward to summer
at Lake Wylie. Kathy Levi Hoover survived
her 2nd trip to Disney World with Kate, 4.
Kathy keeps up with Kate's social schedule,
and husband Michael , who travels a lot with
his job with T. Rowe Price. They will cel-
ebrate their 1 0th anniv. this summer. Susan
Clay Russell's daughters Pricey (2 1/2)
and Libby (1) keep her very busy. They
stayed with Cammie Bethea Mills on
their way to Sea Island. Cammie lives near
Myrtle Beach where both she and her hus-
band are doctors and have a daughter,
Caroline. Susan moved to Middleburg, VA
6/92, and likes the country, but misses the
city Stephanie Stiff Fitzpatrick is ap-
proaching her 7th anniv, as the Registrar at
the Nat'l Museum of Women in the Arts, She
and husband Dirk, are improving their house
in Takoma Park, MD. She attended SBC's
Ewald Symposium on native Amer. culture
- "tremendous and impressive gathering
of speakers for the cause". She is Acquisi-
tions Chairperson for SBC's Friends of Art.
She reports that Margaret Medlock
Fitzgerald had a baby boy named Sean.
Nina Brown McDonald and husband are
moving from Boston to Raleigh, NC 5/1,
Terrell Luck Harrigan moved back to
Richmond from Knoxville, TN, 7/92, just in
time to have daughter #2, Elise Hutson
Harrigan. She joins sister True Gregory, 2
1/2 Allison Muller Chambers is busy
with Annabelle, 2 1/2. They moved into their
4th house in Winter Park, FL Allison plays
lots of club tennis and does some residen-
tial real estate. Holly Craig still sells adver-
tising space at GO Magazine, as the Nat.
Acct. Manager, she travels to Chicago to
work with the office there. She is recently
divorced and excited to be single again. She
runs in NY and CT 5K races and skies out
West. She stays in touch with Kaki Bennett
Johnson and Barbara Bush Cooper
Nancy Hanger Canada, in Maplewood,
NJ, had her 2nd son on 4/22/93 Big brother
Kevin is 17 mos, Susan Leffler Creasy
owns The Perfect Fit, Inc., a customized
screen printing, embroidery business. She
has 2 children. Jade (8) and John (4) and her
husband Mike, is a manufacturing engineer-
ing supervisor for Robertshaw Controls
Corp Anne Grosvenor Evrard is busy
with her 6 children! Annemarie (11), Helene
(10), Constance (5 1/2), Louis-Francois (4),
Clotilde (2 1/2) and Bertrand (8 mos). They
had a busy school year, with Clotilde requir-
ing surgery and the 2 older girls now in
school near Paris- a lot of driving. Walther's
business is going well and they are renovat-
ing their home in Montfor- I'Amaury. Chris
O'Leary-Rose still writes part-time for a
local daily and is marketing publicity work-
shops run by a former Sr, producer at NBC
news. Her sons Jeff (7) and Tommy (5), keep
her busy, but she sees Kathy Graham
Harrington Martha Freeman Brouse
and Felicia Nelson Baker. Chris says that
Felicia moved back to NYC from FL. Libby
Landen Krone's oldest daughter, Beth, is
in kindergarten and the youngest, Ginny, is
in nursery school and already very indepen-
dent, Libby and Bruce still live in Cincinnati.
Leiee Frank Hazard sent news of the birth
of Martha Randolph Hazard on 7/15/92.
Jamie Planck Martin and E B are really
enjoying E.B. III. She is still practicing law
full-time and running around like a crazy
person. Susan Parr Bailey works 2 morn-
ings a week at a nursery school and tries to
keep up with Betsy (5) and Caroline (2),
Dawne Cotton Ward and husband Jim are
in LA where she is on the board of the Jr.
League and the Admin. Asst. to the President
of the League. Jim was promoted to Sr. V.P.
at BBDO advertising and is Worldwide
Account Director of the Apple Computer
account. She spent a week in London and
hopes to go to Delhi with Jim on business,
Diane Landau is finishing her 3rd yr. of
Med school. The hours are long but she
enjoys it immensely. She bought an Arabian
stallion, who is a real delight and she has a
new nephew She heard from Harriet
Bielitsky Anderson Sarah Woodhouse
and husband, Stan, have a new daughter
Amanda. Sarah has 1 1/2 yrs left in her
Psychiatry Residency at MCV in Richmond.
Lucia V. Flynn is married to Tom
Robertson, an American Airlines Captain,
and living in Scottsdale, AZ. Susan
Pinkard Morgan and Bill had a busy year
recovering from Hurricane Andrew. Bill re-
tired after 27 yrs. with USAir and they are
preparing for a month-long+ trip on their 54'
sailboat in the Bahamas, Nancy Webb
Corkery's sons Kevin and Kyle keep her
busy, but she played tennis and paddle all
winter, and her poker group is a diversion.
She looks fonward to golf season and con-
tinuing to solicit for SBC. Lisa Schneider
Thornton '80 asked her to be godmother to
son Brian A, Thornton, born 6/92, Karol
Ann Lawson was promoted to Dir. of Col-
lections at the Columbus Museum, Colum-
bus, GA, She has 2 articles published; one
on early landscape images in 18th century
Amer, magazines in the Journal ol the Early
Republic, and another on political allegories
in the work of Charles W, Peaple in the
Proceedings of the Amer Philosophical
Society. Sophia DeClava is married to
Christopher Stone and living in Dallas, Sue
Pflugefelder Gronfors is in Redding, CT
She and Bob were married in Oct, and ex-
pect their 1st baby in late July, She is busy
quilting, finally for her own child, and looks
forward to being an at-home mom and gar-
dening. They'll visit her parents who just
moved to Ponte Vedre, FL from Pelham, NY,
Lynn Croft Reeves and Jack expect their
1st child in Sept She teaches first grade and
will take next year off. She saw Naomi
Weyand Smith '82 and her 2 children in
Atlanta. She is busy with 2 dogs, decorat-
ing her house and her garden, Quinne
Pokes is finishing the graphic design cur-
riculum at The Academy of Art College,
working part-time for a graphic designer in
Sausalito and will start an internship with
Landor & Assoc, in July. She is still seeing
boyfriend of 2 yrs. Ken, She's getting lots of
exercise, i,e,, triathalons, a swim team, run-
ning and bicycling She sees Gay Kenny '82,
who is doing great, and her child Max.
Stirling Cassidy Smith had a spring ski
trip to Steamboat Springs; son. Alec, is be-
coming quite the little skier. Back in NYC,
her stationery business, Stirling's Special-
ties, keeps her busy. Letha Dameron
ZackowskI and Scott moved to Cincinnati
after he returned from Desert Storm. Scott
was with the 2nd Marine Div. out of Camp
Lejeune, NC where they lived 90-91 , Now he
is doing 3 yrs outservice training in
Emergency Medicine and she is in constant
motherhood training with her 2 wonderful
monsters Zack (4) and Dameron Anne (1).
Letha sees Margaret Robinson
Tallmadge who also lives in Cincinnati,
and is an analytical chemist. She and her
husband Daniel, are buying their first home.
Tracy Drake Hamilton teaches dyslexic
and attention deficit children. She and hus-
band Greg expect their first child in Aug.
Henrietta White Palmer reports all is
well and that Hugh (3) loves his little brother
Reid (1), Mara Ryan stopped working for
Club Med last Oct. She has been travelling
and looks fonward to returning to hospital
work. She keeps in touch with Stephanie
Skinner Fortunate who moved into a new
house in PA. Her husband Paul, sons Drew
(4) and Corey (2) are fine. Mara also sees
Kearsley Rand Walsh who is separated
and living back home with adorable sons
Angus (2 1/2) and Duncan (8 mos). Harriet
Bielitsky Anderson and her sons attended
Angus' 2nd birthday party and Kearsley says
"Harriet looks great and her boys are terrific."
Florence Baldwin, who received an MBA
from Tulane, is married to Tom Lanford, has
2 children and lives in Dallas, Liecie
Rowland Hollis is with husband Nick and
son Ash (2) in San Antonio, TX, Elaine
Arozarena writes from Milan, Italy, where
she has transferred, after 10 yrs,, to a Sister
Company within the D&B group and
has been promoted to VP! Anne-marie
McAndrews Pagli, husband John, and
sons Alexander (5) and Christian (3) moved
to her hometown ol Madisson, CT Claire
McDonnell Purnell and husband John,
42
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
live in Annapolis and spend lots of time in
Chestertown on ttie Eastern Shore of MD.
Sfie saw Sarane IVIcHugh, l(eeps in toucfi
witti Liz Winson, and reports tfiat Irish
Matthews Pilonero moved to TX and
started tier own business Molly Rogers
Cramer vKorks in money management for
Tucker Anttiony and is mom to Bo (2) and
Caroline (9 mos.) Tfiey moved into a new
apt. and look forward to summer travel.
IVIolly reports ttiat: Angle Odom works tor
Complete Healtti in Birmingfiam; Virginia
Donald, also in Birmingfiam, tias a very
successful tabletop business called Table
fVlatters: and Olivia Chaplin Baker (a part-
time lavi/yer) and tier husband are parents to
daughterMary, born 10/92. Molly also sees
Heather Freeman, who lives in Brooklyn
f^eights and does interior decorating.
Maggie McCarthy Stoeffel, husband
Dave and children Katherine (4) and James
(2 1/2). moved to CT 1/93. fVlaggie is thrilled
to be back on the East coast. She keeps in
touch with Barbara Lackey 79. Carol
Hays Hunley who has 2 girls and Vickie Ar-
cher who just had baby #2. Kathleen
McTaggart Allen, in England, started 2-
yr. teacher training program at King Alfred's
College in Winchester. Sharon McGrath
Gardner now has 3 daughtersi Elizabeth (8)
who was recently in her first horse show,
Katherine (4 1/2) and Anne born 12/92.
Sharon is busy with the girls and volunteer
work. Her husband Buddy recently started
his own printing business in NYC. Sharon
reports that Joy Gillio married John
Biaocco 6/91 and that she was in the wed-
ding. Joy gave birth to John Patrick Jr. in 3/
93 Sharon Resener Miller, in Atlanta,
gave birth to son Bailey Baird Miller 2/93.
Lisa Allison Barnhart, husband Steve and
daughter Allison also live in Atlanta where
Lisa works tor Coca Cola. Virginia Carabelli
'82 is in Santa Fe. NM. Pam Weekes '83
works lor Norma Kamali in NYC. Ellen
Hagan Brown moved from Memphis back
to Roanoke, and is happy to be back East.
All is well with her family; husband Whitney,
sons Whitney (5) and Hugh (2) and old
faithful dog Boone Ellen sent news that
Oaughty Hagan Godfrey and husband
Chuck, are new parents of William Roland
Godfrey Charia Borchers Leon is very
involved in her community. She serves on
6 Boards and is Pres, ol the Jr. League. Ac-
tive in TX politics, she is on the State Repub-
lican Exec. Comm. for 18 counties and was
elected as 1st Delegate from District 14 to
the 1992 Rep. Nat. Convention. She is still
involved in the family ranching business and
her husband's 3rd generation homefurnish-
ings business. Boo Major lives in a small
house on 108 acres in BIythewood. SC and
is still seeing her boyfriend of 7 yrs. She
teaches riding in the Midlands, doing a lot
of eventing and buying and selling. She has
hall ownership in a Hanoverian stallion and
plans to compete him in the Fall. She helped
birth her first foal and looks forward to 2
other broodmares due in June. She is sorry
to report that her father passed away in
March, but happy that she was Maid of
Honor in her sister's wedding in April.
Marlene Weber Delledera is well and
living in Lynchburg. Virginia Zenke mar-
ried William Franklin Meacham III in Greens-
boro, NC 5/3/92. Edna Martin lives with
fiance. Burn. 2 dogs, 4 horses in the Quabbin
woods of MA and attends grad school in
Child Psychology Molly Davis Garone is
busy with daughter Madeleine (3 1/2), her
home-based stationery business, volunteer
work and smocking and sewing. I received
two unsigned cards. The first read "I've
moved back to Atlanta and work for
Copeland Hirther design & communication.
We are designing lots of things for the
Atlanta Olympics! I see Wendi Wood Tho-
mas and Bobin Bryant a lot - they look great
and Wendi is getting married!" The second
read "Tom and I are moving to NY in late
summer. We don't have a house, but are
looking in Westchester County and CT. Tom
will be working lor First Boston Corp "
Tommy and I, still in NYC. look fonA/ard
towhen we will have a normal life. i.e. house,
dog, car, children, etc. I've been working at
Williams-Sonoma and am working on the
SBC Alumnae Club of NY cookbook. It will
be published in Fair93 and at $10, will make
the pertect holiday gift. Please let me know
if you'd like to order. Thanks so much for
writing: I appreciate all the info., particularly
about those who have been "missing". Re-
member that each of you has a page in the
scrapbook, so feel free to send me photos,
etc. at any time. I'd love to hear from you
anytime! (212-421-2397)
1985
President: Dale Banfield
Secretary: El Warner
Fund Agent: Karia Kennedy Newman
"We know time," says Dean Moriarty.
but I don't think I really know time at all be-
cause it certainly doesn't feel like a year has
passed since our last update. As usual, there
are weddings to report. Romi Williams
married Brendan Chadwick in February:
Sherry Booth Shanahan was a brides-
maid, and Sloane Yeadon Mills (1984)
was a soloist Linda Miller was in Debbie
Fischer Oleisky's wedding last summer,
where she saw Elizabeth Kelly Ravitz and
Laurie Limpitlaw. Elizabeth still lives in
NJ with her husband and works for AT&T,
while Laurie finished her Master's degree
and will enter a doctoral program this fall.
Ro Gambrill finished architecture school
and moved back to Birmingham, and by the
time you read this she will have married
Kendall Holmann. Cheryl Fortin Young
was a bridesmaid in Rebecca Laung's (1986)
wedding Jill Redpath Noland attended
Patti Dolan's wedding, where she saw
Catty Hubbard, Cora Heard (1986), and
Elizabeth Wood (1986).
We've been busy having children this
year (that's a royal "we" ~ I haven't yel re-
praduced) Kama Boswell Koudelka had
her first child, Bobby, last Oct., while Kelley
Manderson Fitzpatrickand husband C T
are expecting their first child in June. Leigh
Watkins Taylor is still living in New
Zealand, where she bought a thoroughbred
farm and had her first baby girl last year.
Ginger Ryon Church and John relocated
to Lynchburg, VA, and expect their first child
in July Louellen Brooks Meyer contin-
ues to teach piano in San Angelo, TX. She
is expecting her second child this summer,
as is Lori Waller Underwood, who is still
living in London with her husband Keith.
Nancy Finley Worcester and Jim are still
in Hawaii, and they had a baby girl last July.
Christine Corcoran Trauth had a son in
December, while Dale Banfield Banning
and husband Scott had a son last Thanks-
giving Day Caroline Clayton Tufts and
Chris are expecting a baby in August, and
Leanne Weber Kreis is also expecting a
child this summer She and George still live
in Annapolis KarIa Kennedy Newman
still lives and works in New York; she also
expects her first child this summer. Finally,
Perry Liles Lucas moved from DC back
to NC, where Bob will work as an attorney
They are expecting a baby in December.
Frances Clardy Hooper threw Perry a
going-away party in her new house in
Alexandria, VA. Frances is working for a
special events management firm and
renovating her house.
A few of us were not pregnant this year.
Kim Knox is in Atlanta, working as a con-
servation assistant at Atlanta's Document
Conservation Center; she stays in touch with
Katie Hearn, who is still in Baltimore.
Baba Fountain moved to Cambridge and
received a big promotion at WGBH in
Boston, where she is now Director of
Multimarket UndenAiriting. Maria Elena
Ferran Ford and Todd are living in
Charlotte, NC. She has been busy writing a
feature film. "Natural Hazards," Laura
Groppe is still in LA. She is first Assistant
Director on a film starring Corbin Bersen.
and she sees Chris Svoboda (1984) often.
Anne Maus reports that she has been
nominated for membership in the Republi-
can Senatorial Inner Circle and the Republi-
can National Candidate Trust in Washington.
DeAnne Blanton is still living in Northern
Virginia and working for the National Ar-
chives. She published two articles this year
on women soldiers in the 19th century.
MallJhai Lawrence Tambyah has been
living in Australia and teaching in a high
school, and Suzanne Weaver Zimmer
has also been teaching, but in a preschool
program for at-risk children. Julie Shields
Hickman finished her Master's degree in
Environmental Studies and is working for the
California Environmental Protection Agency
and living by the beach.
Nancy McMullen moved back to the
Baltimore area, where she works as a nurse
by day but becomes a horsewoman by night.
Lenetta Archard McCampbell accepted
a new assignment with Amoco in Chicago
and has been busy commuting between
there and Minneapolis, where her husband
Duncan continues to live. Patsy Kraeger
relocated to Phoenix, where she is practic-
ing international human rights law and where
she recently founded an alumna chapter,
Cecily Schuiz also practices law but in Al-
exandria, VA She enjoys life in DC and see-
ing all the SBC alums who live in the area.
Ellen Carver is still directing Admissions
for the George School in PA and still volun-
teering for Youth Community Services and
Habitat for Humanity. Renata Leckszas
lives in Annapolis, where she has founded
her own business. Crab Creek Catering.
Renata recently traveled to Guatemala to
help establish an adult literacy program.
Cathleen Dunkle and Kurt were also busy
traveling, to China and to Canada. Last (but
never least), Whitney Machnik has been
student teaching outside of New Haven, CT.
She will receive her certification later this
year. We send her our condolences on the
loss of her aunt, Byrd Stone.
I've had a busy year commuting to
Williamsburg, where I am a Visiting Assis-
tant Professor of English at the College of
William and Mary. By the time you read this.
I will have received my PhD in English from
UVa. I hope to hear from everyone again next
year.
1989
President: lei Ollison
Secretary: Margaret Frazier
Fund Agent: Gina Pollock
Great to hear from so many of you. I
hope that we will see each other and hear
more news in person at our five year
REUNION. May 27-29. 1994,
Latane Spencer and I have discov-
ered the wild west! After traveling to Asia. I
decided to head west. Latane and I drove to
Utah in Jan, and are living in Park City.
Latane works in a cafe and does baby-sitting
and I work at a hotel in Deer Valley We love
the mountain life! Latane will continue her
trek across the Slates to work in a country
inn at Glacier Bay. Alaska. I will be in
Park City through the summer. We found
Wesley Powell dining in Latane's cafe one
night and you can imagine the reception that
received!!!
Beth Farmer and Steve enjoy parent-
hood to son. Ethan, born 1/7. Molly
Currens Gaskins and Bob are still in
Oakton, VA where she works for Shearson
Lehman Bros. She has received her broker's
license. They expect their first child in mid-
Nov Regina Sances Volman writes that
Coleburn is 2. She and Kevin are continu-
ing renovation of their home and she is
doing her B S. in nursing which she
will complete in a year. Amy Ottaway
Zambetti is in Scottsdale, AZ where she
was transferred from Las Vegas. She is an
Export Consultant and is operating her own
business called "Exports A-Z." She is apply-
ing to Thunderbird (American Grad. School
of Internationai Management) in Scottsdale,
where Rebecca Hendix and Penny
Burnett are now. In Mexico City, Adriana
Buckman works for TELEVISA, the biggest
telecommunications firm on earth! She
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interviews and edits tor a talk stiow and tias
t)egun her own film production company.
Nancy Quinonas is a Project Assis-
tant tor Smith, Bucklin and Associates in
Wasfiington. D.C. Stie is a member of ttie
Capital Rowing Glut). Stie stays busy tiorse-
back riding, roller-blading, talking to SBC
classmates and enjoying her "retired-racer
greyhound dog' with her boyfriend. Mel-
issa Reed Hammond was married 10/3
on Martha's Vineyard to Andrew Hammond.
They live in Mansfield, MA and work in Bos-
ton. She is a Marketing Specialist at Colo-
nial Investments with the Bank Division.
Kelli Ketchum will gel her Masters in
Clinical Psychology in May from UNC-
Greensboro and take a year off before con-
tinuing with her PhD. In her time off she will
marry Jeffery Biederman. a graduate of
Hampden-Sydney and native of her home
town. Eden Rue is in her fourth year of her
PhD in chemistry at the University of Cali-
fornia. Santa Cmz. She got engaged to Chris
Scholin on the Winter Solstice and plans to
marry next year in Minnesota. Twig O'dell
Tucker and Jimmy will move back to
Richmond in July where Jimmy will work
for Philip Morris. She'll go to Copenhagen
for Karen Greer's wedding! Karen Greer
will be getting married to Richard 7/31 in
Copenhagen and they have bought a
tiouse in San Francisco. She has been
teaching kindergarten at an all boys school
in San Francisco and loves it. Christine
Hostelley works for an Employee Benefits
Consulting firm, O'Neil Finnegan and
Jordan, as an Account Executive. She enjoys
the Junior League and skiing. Tracy
Wortliington-Ginn married Robert Ginn
2/5/93 and they are looking for land to build
a house Amy Jenlcins Millican earned
her masters degree this year! She and her
husband moved to Richmond where he is
going to law school.
Sarah Stanton and Murray are add-
ing on to their house, putting up fencing for
horse pasture, finishing the barn and a gar-
den. She is enjoying Idaho and now has 5
piano students. Stacey M. Hannan is still
a technical writer at Siemens and working on
her masters at Florida Atlantic Univ. Mary
North Church was accepted to the training
program at Chase Manhattan Bank and will
move to WC in May. She spent a month in
Ecuador with Johanna Woodlin Lopez.
Missy Wallcer has a new apt. in Roanoke.
She is Physician Account Analyst at Roanoke
Memorial Hospital and is having a wonder-
ful time. Audrey Mullen bought a condo
last July and started a small PR and special
events consulting group. She tries to place
SBC girls in internships whenever possible!
Oelisa Duncan-Zellem, in Waco, Texas,
is Director of Social Sen/ices for a local re-
tirement community. She is working towards
her PhD in Educational Psychology at
Baylor. She was married to Nicholas John
Zellem 2/13/93. Heather Carney Rooney
moved to Dallas and works at the U.S. Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency. She and her
husband Frank are expecting a baby in Sept.
Laura Mangus is busy with her new and
challenging business, "The Oregon School
of Herbal Studies,' outside Eugene, OR. Her
time is spent writing, teaching, gardening,
taking care of business and enjoying their 30
acres of forest and meadows. Wheat Story
is teaching mentally retarded children in
Memphis and loving it. Kristen Layman
graduated from the Univ. of Baltimore Law
School, passed the Maryland bar exam and
now works at the Justice Department in D.C.
Allyson Welch is still a software developer
at General Research Corp. She lives in
McLean and sees many SBC classmates.
Sharon Bittner has her M.A. in library sci-
ence and IS looking for an academic refer-
ence position. In the meantime she is a
research assistant for a professor and work-
ing at KOPN radio in the music library, tak-
ing a class and playing pool. Tish Marfcey
Hutter and Rob were married last June and
are now in Wichita, KS. She works for the
NBC affiliate in advertising sales and loves
her job. They also enjoy their new puppy
named Chelsea.
Wendy Hastings, a state and nation-
ally registered paramedic, is Regional EMS
Field Coordinator, for counties in PA. She
is also a state EMT Evaluator and an officer
for her local Fire Company /Ambulance. Beth
Hodgkins Green and her husband Brad are
approaching their 3rd wedding annlv. and
are in West Hartford, CT where Beth is the
Director of Placement and Human Resources
at a Technical College. Emily Miller lives
in Crested Butte. CO. She studies at
Boulder and tinished at Western State in
Gunnison, CO. She owns "Alpine Kites" in
Crested Butte, works in the clinic in physi-
cal therapy and also in the hospital in
Gunnison Suzanne Jarrett Mason
teaches English and drama at Nelson County
H.S. Michelle Teuscher is still at IBM and
lives in Alexandria. She got engaged to Dan
Walsh and they will be married in CO 9/18/
93. Sarah Consolino Murphy loves
teaching second grade at Greens Farms
Academy but will move to Ithaca, NY this fall
because Bill will be getting his MBA at
Cornell. Jill A. Needham is living in Mi-
ami Beach, FL, going to school at Barry Univ.
and hoping to attend an MSW program in the
fall. She is working part time also and lov-
ing life! Lisa Koob is still with Texaco in
Houston but changed jobs to a planning
analyst Donna Meyer Hodgert com-
pleted student teaching at Boonsboro
Elementry 6th grade and said job prospects
are good
Brooke Haw Spencer and Madison
are still working on their loft and she enjoys
working at Sweet Briar. Kim Brookes lives
in Knoxville, and works at Univ. of TN Med.
Center in the Intensive Care Nursery as an
R.N. She stays busy with her animals and her
boyfriend Steve. Lee Webster is finishing
her first year of SMU's MBA program in
Dallas. She graduates in May and still rides
horses. Sarah E. Weigel was promoted to
Asst. Sales Manager at the Import Flower Co.
and got engaged in Feb. to Robert. Julie
Littleton Smith still loves teaching kinder-
garten! She and Buddy had a baby boy 1 1/
19 named Harrison Franklin Smith. JoAnn
Bogolin, still in Atlanta, now works for
KPMG Peat Marwick. She was recently in
Stacy Meadow's ('88) wedding. Clara
Green lives in Arlington and attended Chris-
tina Stoltz's wedding in Feb. She performed
the lead in the musical "Shenandoah" at a
local professional theatre Pauline Palm
and her husband are in Fort Worth and she
teaches at a KinderCare Learning Center. Jill
Causby is inside sales merchandiser in the
retail sales division of Ferguson Enterprises.
lei Ollison left DC. after working for
President Bush for 3 years. Tracy Carter
Warren was married to Andrew Warren 9/
5. He is on the General Electric Audit Staff.
They bought a house in Ridgelield, CT and
she looks forward to being in Sherri
Brockwells and Mary Ann Kramlichs
weddings this fall. She is a Marketing
Manager at a Promotional Marketing Com-
pany in Nonwalk, CT. Michelle Lenanne
is in Naples, FL working tor her dad in the
international computer software war. She
learned how to fly and has taken over her
dad's single engine Cessna 182! Helen
Bradley Tarbutton was married to Charles
Tarbutton 5/16/92 and they live in Sanders-
ville, GA. Leslie Corrado, Rebecca Hendrix,
Dana De Holl. and Beth Gottlieb were brides-
maids.
Sara Ghrist is completing her nursing
degree at Boston College. Amy Sanidas is
working on her masters at Simmons in Bos-
ton. Laura Harding Lawson is a travel
consultant for Travel Air World Travel in
Richmond. Susan McDonnell graduated
from Univ. of CO. Boulder with a liberal arts
degree in biology. She was married 1/92 and
lives in Clarksville. TN. Kathleen Rosato
Reziosi married Jonothan Reziosi and
works in the arts in Princeton where they
reside. Kimberly Kline in Tampa, is fin-
ishing her master's in counseling and work-
ing full time as an asst. program director for
Alzheimer residents. Coralee Diane
Webster is doing an MBA at SMU in Dal-
las. She completed a 2-yr. management
trainee program with Napa Valley Bank upon
graduation from SBC. This past year com-
peting in Combined Training she rode
her Connemara mare to win American
Connemara Pony Society "Horse of the Year"
-a national award! Stacey White lives in
Atlanta with Karen Cole.
Beth Donald started a new job with the
International Division of Sterling Software,
in Colombus, OH. She will train there for 6
mos. then move to London for at least 2 yrs.
She was a bridesmaid in Legare Davis's
wedding last June with Heather Varney
Rooney and Edie Rue. Deana Catana
Lemert married Robert Faull Lemert 12/5/
92 in Greenville. SC, Her attendants were
Mari Wells and Michelle Teusher. Her hus-
band is a 1st year med. student at MUSC.
Cindy Fortner Bennett married Archie
Bennett 6/27/92 in Dallas and they now live
in Houston. Patricia Witcher married
Rodney Jordan last Aug. at Sweet Briar in
the Chapel. She is a cost accountant with
Golden Eagle Construction Company. Pam
Ward received her master of education in
curriculum and instruction from Lynchburg
College.
SWEET BRIAR
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BALDWIN 57. Monroe. VA Editor. Ahmnae Uagame.
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Alumnae Association.
44
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
IN THE SWEET BRIAR TRADITION
Carolyn Martindale Blouin '30:
Where Is Lucifer's Chair?
"Lucy Crawford made
Sweet Briar into a bigger place
— bigger in mind, bigger in
heart, bigger in spirit. She
taught philosophy for 33
years, nurturing and inspiring
eight generations of students.
"Her sparkling personality;
her dedication to integrity; her
gifted, compelling manner of
teaching; her depth of caring
for those of us who were
wayward; her delightful, un-
predictable sense of humor -
all these traits drew students
into her orbit.
"Young people took to her
instantly. .My own children
loved Miss Lucy and it's easy
to see why.
"Once, on a visit back to
campus, my eldest son,
Denny, broke a piece of chalk.
Lucy Shepard Crawford
I said. Oh. gee. Denny, you
shouldn't have done that.' But
Miss Lucy's response was.
Look. Denny, now you have
two pieces!'
"Like so many alumnae, I
lost Luc>' Crawford during the
busiest years of my life. Vt'hen
she died in 1963. we were all
enmeshed in obligations to
our families and communities.
I'm not saying we didn't rally;
we did. The Best of Lucifer, a
priceless collection of Miss
Lucy's work, is testimony to
our devotion.
"Every copy of the book
came with a little card that
read, 'All proceeds from the
sale of this book will go to the
Endowment Fund of the Lucy
Shepard Crawford Chair of
Philosophy at Sweet Briar
College.'
"From the outstanding
alumnae who completed the
project to all of us who pur-
chased copies of the book -
we all thought that we were
making a meaningful contribu-
tion to the memory of Miss
Lucy.
"But. as it turns out. we
never raised enough money to
adequately support the en-
dowment!
"As of 1993. the gifts set
aside for the Lucy Shepard
Crawford Chair of Philosophy
are nowhere near the amount
required to fund a true profes-
sorship.
"It breaks my heart, espe-
cially since the endowment
was announced, with .Miss
Lucy present, at Sweet Briar's
fiftieth commencement in
1959. She was so honored.
"I don't know how we have
let this slip, but, to quote The
Best of Lucifer, "There can be
no real success without occa-
sional failure; perhaps only
after recurrent failure do we
really succeed.'
"■When you think about it.
the timing is perfect. In addi-
tion to ancient oldsters' like
me, alumnae from the '40s and
'50s are now reaching a time
in their lives when they can
afford to include the College
in their financial plans.
"The simplest way to
contribute to Miss Lucy's
professorship is through your
will. Alumnae can designate a
specific dollar amount, a piece
of real estate, stocks - what-
ever seems the most appropri-
ate. Lucifer touched so many
lives. Once the word is out,
I'm sure alumnae bequests will
come pouring in.
"After all. .Miss Luc\' took
on much greater challenges,
always with energy to spare.
At a moment like this she
would say to us, "There is just
one thing that we can answer
with certaint\" - and that is
that the times call for the
sacrifice of non-essentials, for
dedication of spirit, and an
eagerness to ser\"e our fellow-
man such as we have never
known before. How do we
measure up to this test?'"
A loyal and supportive
alumna. Carolyn Martindale
Blouin was bom at Sweet
Briar and lived on campus for
the first 12 years of her life.
WJbew she was ready for col-
lege. Dr. Mary Harley. the
same campus physician who
delivered her. made it possible
for Carolyn to return. As a
Carolyn Mart- j;t =
member of the Class of
1930, Carolyn can testify to
Professor Crawford's lifelong
influence on her students.
"Miss Lucy, " she says, "exuded
honesty. Her passion for broth-
erhood and community was
inexhaustible and she acted on
her beliefs. Emulating Lucy
Crawford was impossible. You
wanted to be like her- you
couldn t be like her- but you
did your darnedest.'"
For more information about making a gift to the Lucy Shepard
Crawford Chair of Philosophy or making a bequest of any kind,
please contact Mitchell L. Moore, Vice President for
Development, P.O. Box G, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar,
Virginia 24595, (804) 381-6161.
Calendar
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T
BRIAR COLLEGE
New students arrive
19 9 3
August 24
August 27
Returning students arrive
August 28
Registration
August 30
Opening Convocation: Distinguished Alumna Award
September 17-19
Recognition Weekend, Baltimore, MD
October 1-3
Alumnae Council
October 1
Founders' Day: Outstanding Alumna Award
October 15
Friends of Library meeting
October 17-18
Admissions Open House for Seniors
October 23-24
Families Weekend
October 29
Friends of Art meeting. New York City
November 7-8
Admissions Open House for Seniors
November 11
Admissions One-Day Program for Area Seniors
November 18-20
Board of Directors Meetings
November 23-28
Thanksgiving Recess
December 3
Classes end
December 4-10
Examination period
December 1
End of term
Winter Term begins
19 9 4
January 3
January 5
Winter Forums Lecture (1994 series focuses on health care)
January 12
Winter Forums Lecture
January 15-16
Alumnae Association Executive Committee meeting
January 19
Winter Forums Lecture
January 26
Winter Forums Lecture
January 28
Winter Term ends
Febaiary 2-13
Alumnae College Tour: The Indonesian Archipelago
February 3
Spring Term begins
February 19-21
Admissions Open House for Scholars
March 18
Spring Recess begins
March 28
Classes resume
April 10-11
Admissions Weekend for Accepted Applicants
April 21-23
Board of Directors meetings
April 22-24
Alumnae Association Board meetings
April 29
Friends of Art and Library meetings
May 1-2
Admissions Open House for Juniors and Sophomores
May 7-19
Alumnae College Tour: France
May 11
Classes end
May 13-18
Examination period
May 21
Baccalaureate Service
May 22
Eighty-fifth Commencement
May 27-29
Alumnae Reunion
June 20-July 2
Alumnae College Tour: Great Britain
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SWEET BRIAR
ALUMNAE MAGAZINE
WINTER 1994
s we enter the
New Year at Sweet
Briar, we have
much for which to
be thankful,
express gratitude, and feel fulfillment. As
you read this issue of the Sweet Briar
Alumnae Magazine, you will see many
examples of the dedication and commit-
ment of alumnae, parents, and friends to
this institution, exemplified not only in
"bricks and mortar," but also in ways
which affect the academic program,
access for students, and other areas of
the College.
We have dedicated several wonder-
fLil new facilities on the campus in 1993-
Each of these ceremonies of dedication
reminded me that Sweet Briar is the
college it is today because of past
strengths on which it could build,
foundations still there for the young
women of today. Alumnae provided
those foundations, and now alumnae are
improving upon them! It is a glorious
circle of involvement and commitment
to which you belong.
As we enter 1994, John, Katherine,
and I do so with our own sense of
thankfulness, gratitude, and fulfillment
that we are a part of this community that
is Sweet Briar.
Warmest wishes,
Barbara A. Hill
President
Sweet Briar students enjoy reception following the dedication of thie new Samuel E. Upchiurch Wing of tine
Guion Science Center
WINTER 1 994
VOL. 64, NO. 2
SPECIAL SECTION
Dedications; Wliat's New 8
•^^ FEATURES
^ ^ ^^^ Ann Samford Upchurch: 1993 Outstanding Alumna 2
^^^ ATexan Loo(<sat Ann Richards 4
^J Why Shakespeare Didn't Know Grannmar 6
^ Facts on Financial Aid 12
Networking 14
DEPARTMENTS
Mini Reunions 13
^^^1^ In the Spotlight 16
^^^J Club Corner 21
' Fronnthe Museum 23
*^^^^ Notices and Recent Deaths 25
V^^ Class Notes 27
^A \ In the Sweet Briar Tradition inside back cover
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ALUMNAEMAGAZINE 1
Ann Samford Upchurch:
Sweet Briar's 1993
Outstanding Alumna
Presentation of the award by Alumnae Association President Nancy Hudler Keuffel '62
Acceptance remarks by Ann Upchurch '48
Nancy Keuffel
Each year, tlie Alumnae Association
pays warm tribute to a very special
alumna by naming her the recipient
of an award established to acknowl-
edge enduring commitment and devotion to
the College.
The Outstanding Alumna Award was first
presented by former Sweet Briar President
Anne Gary Pannell in 1968 to honor the first
five graduates, members of the Class of 1910.
Subsequently, it has been presented on
Founders' Day to Sweet Briar graduates who
have been out of college at least 15 years, in
recognition of outstanding service to the
College in a volunteer capacity. Nominations
are invited from the entire Sweet Briar family,
through the Stveet Briar Alumnae Magazine,
and the selection committee is composed of
alumnae, the president of the College, and
representatives of the faculty and staff.
The list of recipients includes names that
cause the collective Sweet Briar head to bow
in homage and admiration. Those who have
received the award are worthy successors to
the founders of Sweet Briar we honor today,
for, like our founders, they cherish Indiana
Fletcher Williams' dream to create a women's
college of the first rank.
Their devotion and loyalty to Sweet Briar
have been an inspiration to others to continue,
and to sustain the dream that is now a reality:
Sweet Briar exists, and carefully educates
women to take their places in the worid with
a sense of the responsibilities achievement
brings.
The Outstanding Alumna we honor
today shares Miss Indy's vision and hopes for
Sweet Briar. Not only has she numired the
College; she has been an example to all in
the finest and highest traditions of service,
both "out in front" and behind the scenes.
The 1948 Briar Patch had this to say
about her: "Sammie is a combination of at
least three in one. In blue jeans for Paint &
Patches scenery work.. .with a hockey stick...
or hashing over philosophic problems...
Sammie is always going somewhere. Only
one of many ambitions is to be a champion
golfer. She constantly amazes us... with her
ability and enthusiasm.. .and she loves Siveet
Briar almost as much as it loves her."
A prescient observation, and an apt
prediction of "Sammie's" life after Sweet Briar!
The "Sammie" her classmates referred to is
Ann Samford Upchurch of the Class of 1948.
Ann Upchurch majored in religion at
Sweet Briar. An accomplished athlete, she
achieved "one of her many ambitions" in
1946: she won the Alabama State Women's
Golf Championship — and she has remained
active in the Ladies Professional Golf Associa-
tion, serving on the National Rules Commit-
tee of the LPGA, and traveling a great deal to
help conduct golf tournaments.
Ann retumed to her native Alabama after
graduation and married the late Dr. Samuel
E. Upchurch, a pioneer in reconstaictive
surgery. They raised tliree children: twin
girls. Dr. Kathy Upchurch Takvorian and Dr.
Ginger Upchurch Collier, and a son, Samuel
E. Upchurch, Jr., who married Cheryl Viar of
Sweet Briar's Class of 1974.
Ann is very much the hands-on owner
of a large ranch. Grey Rocks Farm, near
Montgomery, where she breeds Santa
Gertnidis cattle.
But in spite of strong vocational and
avocational commitments, she has always
had time to show her deep devotion to
Sweet Briar, giving generously of her time,
energy, attention, and resources on behalf of
the College.
Active at the local level in Sweet Briar
Club work, Ann also has served Sweet Briar
on the National Alumnae Committee for the
Sweet Briar Development Program in 1953,
and on the Executive Board of the Alumnae
Association, as Regional Chair from 1968-
1970, Second Vice President during 1970-71,
and Finance Chair in 1971-73. From 1973
until 1977, she served on the College's Board
of Overseers.
It is my privilege and profound pleasure
to present Ann Samford Upchurch with the
highest honor the College can bestow on one
of its own: the Outstanding Alumna Award.
Ed. note: Ann made her way to the
podium to a standing ovation, and caused a
second round of applause amidst laughter by
apologizing for being a little hoarse... she
explained that the night before, she and a
group of her classmates on hand to share in
the celebration, "got together for a little party
— and we thought it was still 1948!
Ann Upchurch
I guess there is not any way anyone can
express her feelings regarding receiving
the award which it has just been my
privilege to receive. It came as a total
surprise to me. I have won in my lifetime
several awards, but this one of Outstanding
Alumna is the dearest to my heart, and will
always be so. I guess the best way to express
my feelings is to say a simple "thank you."
I would like to introduce several people
and ask them to stand: my twins and their
families. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Collier (Ginger),
Ann, Katherine, and Louisa; Dr. and Mrs. Tak
Takvorian (Kathy), Sam, Kate, and Sarah; and
my son Sam and Cheryl, his wife, and their
three girls, Shannon, Kit, and Jeanne. Also a
very special friend from Mobile, Mrs. Robert
M. Whiting (Sue); and two other special
friends, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Martin (Peggy)
from Atlanta. Peggy and I have known each
other from about the age of 12, and Tom I've
known since Sweet Briar days, when he was
dating Peggy. Incidentally, Peggy won this
award two years ago. I thank you all for
coming to be with me today.
If you have totaled up, I have eight
granddaughters and one grandson. I hope to
get one or more giris to Sweet Briar, and
maybe Sam at Davidson. Since three live in
Boston, and three in Maryland, I think it only
fitting that they really be exposed to the South
and its way of life.
Of course, I have very special feelings
about my four years at Sweet Briar, and about
liberal arts colleges in general. I would like to
share with you one thought which i know is
not new, but which I think sometimes gets
lost in the shuffle. A liberal arts college
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
should do one major thing — and that is not
to train a student for a career, but rather to
train the mind of the student to think and to
reason. I will briefly use myself as an example.
I graduated from Sweet Briar in 1948 —
married the following April — had three
children and had the world by the horns —
nice husband, nice children, living where I
had grown up — in other words, thoroughly
enjoying my life — enough volunteer work to
keep occupied, along with playing golf. Then
all of a sudden, the perfect world crashed. My
husband died in 1968. Sam was a rising junior
in high school and the twins were off to
Sweet Briar for their freshman year. AND, I
was blessed with a 3,500 acre purebred cattle
operation. Now, bear in mind that I was a
college graduate, but definitely a city girl.
About the only cows I had ever been around
were Sweet Briar's, when we would walk to
the dairy to get fresh milk. I also knew the
apple orchard pretty well, but we didn't have
apples on the ranch. So there I was, faced
with operating the ranch, which I have done
for 25 years. A few years ago — six, to be
exact, at age 60, 1 felt the need of a computer
for my operations. So, with NO previous
experience in computers, I worked with a
man, and we designed a program which I will
stack up against anyone's. I'll have to admit, I
think this is the most difficult thing with
which I have ever dealt.
BUT, I repeat my premise of a liberal arts
education. My mind had been trained to
know how to function. I was able to learn
about cattle. I was able to learn about com-
puters and their operations. I was able to pick
up the pieces of my life and "GO."
I urge you as faculty and students not to
lose sight of this premise. As students, take
TOP:The Upchurch family, gathered at the Boat
House for a picnic iuncfi before Founders' Day
Convocation. L-r, front row: Ann Collier; Kit
Upchurch; Jeanne Upchurch; Louisa Collier;
Sam Upchurch Takvorian; Kate Takvorian;
Sarah Takvorian. L-r, back row: Sam Upchurch,
Jr.; Cheryl Upchurch; Ginger Collier; Tom
Collier; Ann Upchurcfi; Tak Takvorian; Kathy
Takvorian; Shannon Upchurch; Katherine
Collier.
BOTTOM: Ann Upchurch accepting tier award
advantage of all you are given during your
four years. I know there are many times
when you wonder why — why am I studying
this? Why do I have to learn that? But long
after the subject matter is forgotten, the train-
ing of the mind will never be forgotten. I am
sure it will be put to use, no matter what your
endeavors may be.
May I wish you well. And again, I thank
you for this most prestigious award. It is
indeed an honor to receive it.
Recipients
of the Outstanding
Alumna Award
1968 SBC's first graduates, Class of 1910:
Anne Cumnock Miller; Eugenia Griffin
Burnett; Louise Hooper Ewell; Frances
Murrell Rickards; Annie Powell Hodges
1969 Edna Lee Gilchrist '26
1970 Gladys Wester Horton '30
1971 Mary Huntington Harrison '30
1972 Phoebe Rows Peters '31
1973 Edith Durrell Marshall '21
1974 Florence Freeman Fowler '19 and
Helen H. McMahon '23
1975 Elizabeth Prescott Balch '28
1976 Juliet Halliburton Burnett Davis '35
1977 Martha von Briesen '31 and Jacquelyn
Strickland Dwelle '35
1978 Dorothy Nicholson Tate '38
1979 Martha Lou Lemmon Stohlman '34
1980 Dale Hutter Harris '53
1981 Ann Marshall Whitley '47
1982 Preston Hodges Hill '49
1983 Mary Elizabeth Doucett Neil! '41
1984 Nancy Dowd Burton '46 and Jane
Rosenberry Ewald Tolleson '52
1985 Julia Sadler de Coligny '34
1986 Adelaide Boze Glascock '40 and
Sarah Adams Bush '43
1987 Julia Gray Saunders Michaux '39
1988 Evelyn Dillard Grones '45
1989 Ann Noyes Awtrey Lewis '43 and
Catherine Fitzgerald Booker '47
1990 Margaret Sheffield Martin '48
1991 Sara Shallenberger Brown '32
1992 Catherine Barnett Brown '49
1993 Ann Samford Upchurch '48
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ALUMNAE MAGAZINE
Author's note: My life and Ann
Richards' political career are
intertwined. I left Texas to come to
Sweet Briar when she was elected
governor in 1990. Hearing her
talk on October 25 not only made
me homesick, but got me thinking
about Texas politics once again.
Despite sporting a brace on
her injured ankle and being near
exhaustion from intense lobbying
to save the Super Collider project,
Texas Governor Ann Richards
blew through a packed Babcock
Auditorium like a twister in a
trailer park. As the last guest in
the inaugural Presidential Speakers
Series, "Women in Their Commu-
nities: Politics," Governor Richards
delivered a welcome dose of
Southwestern wit and twang, and
offered the uninitiated an excel-
lent peek at why Texas politics
really is different. Observers
outside of the Lone Star State are
often perplexed by the "Ann
Richards phenomenon." How
could a progressive woman
Democrat be elected governor of
a conservative state, bring major
reforms, and still stand a better
than even chance of being re-
Governor Richards talks with students
A Texaif Looks
At Ann Richards
Houj could a progressive woman Democrat be elected governor
of a conservative state, bring major reforms, and still stand
a better than even chance of being reelected?
elected? Governor Richards' brief
but electrifying visit to Sweet Briar
offered some important clues.
When viewed in the context of
Texas' unique political culture, her
success is not at all surprising.
Ten gallon hats or ten gallon
hair, is there really any difference?
Texas has a long tradition of
producing larger-than-life political
figures because, it's said, a big
state needs big leaders. Many
cynical commentators argue that
Texans are political primitives
who ask only that their politicians
be excessively Texan in their
bearing. The governor's mansion
in Austin has certainly housed a
string of such colorful characters.
Previous occupants include James
"Pa" and Miriam "Ma" Ferguson,
W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel, "Mr.
Texas" Coke Stevenson, and John
B. ConnaUy. The governor is not
merely the state's chief executive,
but is the biggest Texan of them
all. Applying this rule, Ann
Richards' trademark big hair,
penchant for Texanisms, and
undiminished rural Central Texas
accent certainly qualified her for
the office. Though there is some
truth to this analysis, it is much
too simplistic.
BY JEFFREY KEY
Assistant Professor of Government, Sweet Briar College
It is true that Ann Richards'
status as a "real" Texan facilitated
her rise to prominence. However,
this doesn't explain how she has
managed to bring long-sought
refonns in ethics, public school
funding, and the management of
state agencies. The answer to this
question also can be found in the
state's public character. The
widely observed Texan tendency
toward bluff and bluster is tem-
pered by an equally pronounced
ability to engage in self-parody.
Governor Richards has shrewdly
used this innate good humor to
get the state to explore its failings
in a non-threatening manner. Tliis
was illustrated by her retelling of
the old story about "Ma"
Ferguson, the first female Texas
governor in the 1920s and '30s.
■When asked about children
speaking Spanish on the school
grounds, Ma is said to have re-
plied, "If English was good
enough for Jesus Christ, it's good
enough for the schoolchildren of
the state of Texas." Humor is a
powerful political tool. Her mes-
sage of change has been couched
in terms that have made that
change palatable, reform with a
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bit of mild salsa. It's much harder
to disagree with someone who
makes you laugh honestly and,
based on the response of the
capacity crowd in Babcock, Ann
Richards clearly has that ability.
A "progressive woman" gover-
nor?
Beyond the natural fit of her
personal style with the state's
political culture, other reasons for
Governor Richards' success were
evident in her talk at Sweet Briar.
She is certainly not so "progressive"
as that term is understood in an
ideological sense. Rather, her desire
for change is rooted in more rustic
notions of what's right and fair.
The governor's open swipe at
so-called "women's issues," refer-
ring to them as "all hype," clearly
sets her apart from many other
women politicians. Her motivation
for seeking public office was
personal. Ann Richards pursued
the governorship because she felt
that she had something to offer
the people of Texas, not to right
some wrong. The voters responded
to this appeal. She won the 1990
election because she didn't merely
seek to stake a political claim as a
woman, but to build something on
it for all Texans. In fairness, how-
ever, it must be noted that Texas
had already been made safe for
women candidates two decades
before througli the groundbreaking
efforts of politicians like Frances
Farenthold and Congresswoman
Barbara Jordan. In that regard, she
owes a particular debt to Frances
Farenthold, who was defeated in
the 1972 Democratic gubernatorial
primary runoff despite capturing
nearly 900,000 votes. Hard lessons
were learned, but the way was
laid for future progressive women
candidates.
Richards fought and won a
bare-knuckles brawl in tlie 1990
primary runoff with Attorney
General Jim Mattox, one of the
toughest campaigners in recent
memory, and went on to win the
general election. Not only was she
able to spread her base of sup-
port, she also avoided being
painted as too progressive. In
contrast to her success in this
regard, Jim Hightower, the equally
colorful and arguably more pro-
gressive incumbent agriculture
commissioner, was defeated in the
same 1990 election.
This freedom from ideological
strictures has allowed Ann
Richards to do the political deals
necessary to achieve some part of
her goals while remaining rela-
tively popular. Her political prag-
matism is evident in the content of
some of her reforms. Many
changes have simply not been all
that radical, once enacted. Ethics
reform is a good example. The
final version of the ethics bill
which the state legislature passed
and she signed into law was
considerably weaker than origi-
nally drafted. Many of the bill's
eariy backers, including Barbara
Jordan, were disappointed with
the results.
Has Texas changed?
Texas remains essentially a
conservative state after three years
with Ann Richards in the
governor's mansion, and the real
prospect of another four years
after the 1994 election will likely
not make a difference. The rea-
sons for this lack of substantive
change have to do with the nature
of party politics in Texas, and
with institutional arrangements.
Ann Richards' victory in the
November 1990 election was less
a sea change in Texas politics
than a housecleaning of sorts
within her own party. Campaign-
ing for good government and
reform in Texas has historically
meant campaigning against the
Democratic party, which has
controlled both the state house
and governor's mansion for most
of the post-Reconstruction period.
The long-serving Speaker of the
House. Democrat Gib Lewis, was
forced out just last year under a
cloud of scandal, but the moderate-
to-conservative faction he headed
is still a powerful force within the
state Democratic party. Moreover,
Richards was aided in her pursuit
of the governorship by a series of
.self-inflicted wounds to her
Republican challenger's campaign
late in the race. Among the most
serious of these blunders was an
insensitive remark about npe
which was widely publicized.
Despite the near self-destruction
of Clayton Williams' campaign,
Richards managed to defeat him
by only slightly more than two
percent of the vote.
Party politics aside, the impact
that any Texas governor can have
on public policy outcomes is
minimal because the powers of
that office are limited under the
constitution. It's been said that
only millionaires and fools aspire
to be the governor of Texas.
Those seeking real power want to
be Speaker of the House.
■Whither Ann Richards?
The Republican most likely to
face Ann Richards next year will
be George W. Bush, son of the
former president. Early polls
indicate she holds only a single-
digit lead of around eight percent-
age points (47 to 39), an
uncomfortably small advantage for
an incumbent over an undeclared,
non-campaigning opponent. That
fact alone could spell real trouble
for her next November. On the up
side, Texas Monthly noted that
since the undecided segment in
the sample is unusually small at
14 percent. Bush would have to
capture nearly all of it to win,
while Richards would need only a
small portion of it to guarantee
her four more years in office. The
election should be among the
most interesting in recent
memory. Bush has potential to be
a more adroit campaigner than
Clayton Williams proved to be,
but the Republican challenger will
be facing an older, wiser, and
more fonnidable Ann Richards
than four years ago.
Even a tired and hobbled Ann
Richards projects a forceful pres-
ence. Anybody who was in
Babcock Auditorium on October
25 knows exactly why she's the
governor of the great state of
Texas. Heaven help George W.
Bush when she gets rested and
mended!
The following letter was
written to Governor Ann
Ricfiards months before she
spoke at Sweet Briar. The
governor began her address
by reading the letter. Another
example of alumnae helping to
make things happen!
Feb. 4, 1993
Dear Ann ■
When I was in the fifth
grade Miss Iris Buchanon
dumped a bucket of water on f
my head and saved me from
Glass Brat status.
When I was a college
sophomore I heard a former
president of Sweet Briar, Dr.
Martha Lucas, speak— and
she set my hair on fire — as
well as my brain. What Dr.
Lucas had to say — women
should and would sit first chair
if they stopped thinking of
themselves as second class
citizens and got with it, is
nothing startling today. It was
in 1955. There stood a
woman who was a success
by any standard, yet she kept
pushing the envelope and told
me to do the same.
So the point of this is to
urge you to accept Barbara
Hill's invitation to participate in
Sweet Briar's Presidential
Speakers series. In my mind
you represent the very
essence of what young
women must be aware of in
their preparation for life. And
we don't have a young
woman to lose.
Aside from all the above, I
Sweet Briar is gorgeous to
view, the students are smart
as hell and involved, Barbara
Hill is a good trooper, and I
remain a most devoted
alumna, Glass of 1957.
Hope you'll consider it —
All the best,
Carol*
*(Carol McMurtry Fowler)
I
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s someone trained in
early English litera-
ture — that is, works
written before 1700
— I find one of my
biggest challenges is
dealing with those
received opinions about writers that my
students bring to class. For example, it is one
of those eternal truths we learn early in our
education that William Shakespeare is one of
the greatest writers of the English language.
When we look at his use of language, this
truth seems to be self-evident. As that marvel-
ous series, The Story of English, points out,
even in an age that prided itself on inventing
new words, Shakespeare was exceptional: his
vocabulary was about 34,000 words, about
double the number for a normal, educated
person. He also introduced more new words
into the language than any other author in
history. Given the weight of his authority, you
can imagine how shocked a friend of mine,
When the alumna asked me the reason
for these "errors," I somewhat archly replied
that Shakespeare didn't observe the rules of
grammar because he didn't have them. The
look she gave me taught me much about our
attitudes toward grammar. It was a mixture of
skepticism (after all, she knew I liked to tease
her!) and pure horror. In one way, I was
teasing her, because what we usually call the
rules of grammar, those codified dos and
don 'ts that are drilled into us during the se-
renity of adolescence, are very different from
what a linguist or an anthropologist would
call grammar, which is really nothing more
than usage. Her look also reminded me that
we tend to accept these learned rules of
grammar as having a divine origin, as if they
were a kind of appendix to the Ten Com-
mandments that Moses also brought down
from Mount Sinai. Of course, they aren't.
In fact, generations of students have long
suspected a more diabolical source for these
rules. After all, who would demand that you
WHY (g^HAKESPEARE
DIDN'T KNOW GRAMMAR
an alumna of the College, was to discover
gross grammatical errors in Shakespeare's
writing. How could the Bard of Avon, some-
one we are taught to revere as semi-divine,
not have known how to compare adjectives?
For us, there really is no excuse for writing
"more strong," "more strange," and "more
sweet" in some plays and "more fitter," "more
correcter," and "most poorest" in others. And
while we can forgive Shakespeare for not
attending Oxford or Cambridge, can we ever
forgive him for not knowing the distinction
between "who" and "whom": "'Who wouldst
thou serve?"; "To who, my lord?" (King Lear
I.iv.24, V.iii, 249); "Who does he accuse?"
{Antony and Cleopatra III.vi.23). If left to our
own devices, of course, we still tend to begin
questions with "who," whether it is correct or
not. But, damn it, we expect more of Shakes-
peare. For anyone seeking perfection from
our most famous writer, the disappointment
may be "the most unkindest cut of all"!
BY KARL TAMBURR
Professor of English, Sweet Briar College
know when to add "-er" and "-est" to adjec-
tives or use "more" and "most" with them?
Who would insist that you know the differ-
ence between "who" and "whom"? By now
some of you are saying to yourselves, "It must
have been a faculty member! Probably in the
English Department!" Your paranoia is per-
fectly understandable, and in this case, it is
absolutely correct.
But who were these teachers? And why
were they doing this to us? The answers to
these questions bring us to a time 150 years
after the death of Shakespeare, the middle of
the 18th century. It was a time very different
from the Elizabethan Age, a time when the
old cosmology, the old political values of a
central monarchy, and the very structure of
English society had changed utteriy. The idea
of change itself was only beginning to be
seen as a good thing. Whereas we see change
as a sign of health, as a basic element in
nature itself, many in the 18th century saw it
as a sign of decay, a falling away from the
perfection of nature, and a reminder of our
own fallibility as human beings. That is why
those conservative schoolmasters and gram-
marians of Britain were obsessed with the
changes they saw occurring in English. Most
of them recognized that language was in a
state of continual change, but for them this
was a bad thing. The Elizabethan Age may
have gloried in coining new words, but the
18th century wanted to define and limit their
meaning. Its exemplar was Dr. Samuel
Johnson, whose Dictionary in 1755 pre-
scribed both the "correct" pronunciation and
the "correct" meaning of a word. It is this age
and this mentality that gave us the so-called
rules of grammar.
In preparing this speech, I decided to
look at one particular handbook of grammar
from the 18th century, Robert Lowth's Short
Intwdiiction to English Grammar ( 1762).
Lowih was a clergv'man who rose to become
Bishop of London and in his old age even
declined the position of Archbishop of
Canterbury. As you can see, I wasn't kidding
about the connection of religious and gram-
matical zeal! In his preface Lowth declares
why it is important to know the rules of
grammar; "Every person of a liberal
education.. .should be able to express himself
with propriety and accuracy. It will evidently
appear from these Notes, that our best Au-
thors for want of some rudiments of this kind
have sometimes fallen into mistakes, and
even been guilty of palpable errors in point of
Grammar." Poor Shakespeare! Some of the
diction aside, though, this statement surprised
me because it sounded so much like what I
had been taught in junior high school, which
occurred just after the 18th century. Lowth
explains that these principles of grammar are
especially important for all those "who shall
have occasion to ftjmish themselves with the
knowledge of modem languages." In other
words, you have to know English grammar
before you can learn any foreign language, a
sentiment I've heard at least once in the
coffee lounge in Benedict.
he large acceptance of these
grammatical rules and the
attitudes behind them had
far-reaching consequences.
No longer could a writer,
even a genius like Shakes-
peare, ignore tliese rules
and be considered intelligent. Because at this
time there was no universal education, gram-
mar became an instant marker for social class
and acceptability. In the words of England's
most famous fictional grammarian. Professor
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
Henry Higgins, "The moment [an Englishman]
opens his moutli, he makes some other
Englishman despise him." Nor have the colo-
nies fared much better; in America, these
rules of grammar underlie what has been
termed "standard American English," but as in
other countries, this is really just the speech
of those who wield the most power, in this
case, those who are white, educated, profes-
sional, middle- and upper-class. What I hope
you see is that there is nothing "natural"
about these rules of grammar or our feelings
about them: they are every bit as much a
cultural construct as a building, a painting, a
computer, or a sonnet.
nderstanding the origin
of the rules and their
power in society high-
lights for me what is one
of the biggest challenges
in my teaching: how do
we treat those received
opinions and attitudes, those "givens" of our
culture? How do we respect the writings and
values of the past without this respect degen-
erating into an untfiinking adoration; or con-
versely, how can we analyze these things and
risk bringing them down off their pedestals
without degenerating into cynicism? This
same dilemma is occurring in different ways
for many academic disciplines, yet I must
admit that it is very difficult to discard the
approaches you were trained in and the
opinions that you've held for a long time. And
unfortunately for my freshmen in English I,
this does not mean that we will be casting the
rules of grammar to the winds; I have no
intention of turning 301 Fletcher into a kind
of grammatical Liberty Hall. However, if we
as teachers and students can begin to see old
things in new ways, perhaps we can see the
rules of grammar not as dos and don 'ts that
restrict our expression, but as ways that give
us power over language. For instance, I don't
know how many times the principle of paral-
lel construction, which, as I infomied my
nephew, has nothing to do with geometry,
has helped me sort out my ideas — has, in
fact, helped me discover exactly what I did
want to say. Perhaps we also can see the
traditional reputations of writers like
Shakespeare not as prison bars that hold back
our own opinions but as springboards for
controversy. For example, have you ever
noticed that the same plays seem to be read
over and over again in literature courses?
That's because not everything he wrote was a
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m. *^
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Dr. Tamburr is the recipient of the 1993 Excellence in Teaching Award. "Why Shakespeare Didn't
Know Grammar" was his address at Opening Convocation in August, 1 993.
masterpiece. If you don't believe me, read the
Henry 17 plays, or better still, see them on
video; after all, that's closer to the way
Shakespeare intended them to be experienced.
Let's see if we can't nurture a healthy skepti-
cism toward both the past and the present,
but without the chip of cynicism on our
shoulders. Perhaps then we can make college
less of a museum where tradition is dutifully
revered but gathers so much choking dust,
and more of a laboratory where the past is
revitalized and, in turn, enlivens the present.
■When this happens, we may be astonished to
find that often Shakespeare is every bit as
good as we have been told. In fact, he may
be "more good" than we expect.
ALUMNAE MAGAZINE
The new Samuel E. Upchurch Wing of the Guion
Science Center, the gift of Ann Samford Upchurch '48
and her children, Drs. Virginia Upchurch Collier 72,
Katherine Upchurch Takvorian 72, and Samuel E.
Upchurch, Jr., was dedicated on Founders' Day,
October 1, 1993.
7. The Samuel E.
Upchurch Wing, Guion
Science Center.
^. Dedication speakers
gather in the sunshine
beneath arcade joining
the new wing to Guion.
(J. L-r: President Barbara
Hill with Ann Upchurch
following dedication.
it. SBC Board Chairman
Walter H. Brown ad-
dresses the dedication
audience.
O. L-r: Assistant Professor
Robin Davies (Biology)
talks with Dr. Ginger
Upchurch Collier '72
during tours of the new
wing.
0. Professor Susan
Piepho (Chemistry)
speaks on behalf of the
science faculties.
/. Ann Upchurch's
grandchildren unveil
portrait of Samuel E.
Upchurch.
Photos on pp. 8-11 by
David Abrams except
wbere noted
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
At last! The Alumnae Association and the Alumnae
Office Staff have a campus home in the beautifully
restored Boxwood, known to generations of
alumnae, first as Boxwood Inn, then as Boxwood
donnitory. Tlie new Boxwood Alumnae House was
dedicated during Alunmae Council on October 2,
1993. The restoration was the anonymous gift of a
devoted alumna.
7. L-r: Sally Anderson
Bowley '44, Helen
McMahon '23, former
director, Alumnae
Association, and Lucy
Hoblitzell '35 gather for
dedication.
2. Alumnae, faculty and
staff participate in dedica-
tion ceremony.
O. SBC Chaplain Susan
Lehman delivers dedica-
tion invocation.
■y. Nannette McBumey
Crowdus '57, former
president, Alumnae
Association, tells of step-
by-step plans of the
restoration.
O. Reception following
dedication on the new
Boxwood patio.
0. Front entrance to
Box-wood Alumnae
House
/. Boxwood lounge,
where a warn: welcome
awaits all alumnae!
ALUMNAE MAGAZINE
THE SWEET BRIAR MUSEUM
Dedicated during Alumnae Council, October 2, 1993
Finally the Museum has lovely, permanent quarters in
the ground floor of the ne* Boxwood Alumnae House,
A The main entrance to
the Museum faces Elijah
Road. Another entrance
opens onto the patio
overiooking the fields
leading to the lakes with
mountains in the back-
ground. The Museum also
may be reached by an
inside stairway from the
Alumnae Office head-
quarters.
2. Ann Marshall
Whitley '47, curator of
the Museum, stands
beneath a lace shawl
which belonged to
Indiana Fletcher Williams.
cj. Museum guests
Kenneth and Margaret
Stuart Wilson Dickey '41
talk with Ann Marshall
Whitley '47 and Sally
Anderson Bowley '44 at
the main entrance.
v. Old photograph
albums throw new light
on early days of the
College.
O. An 1840s period
parlor is resplendent with
Daisy's harp, original
Sweet Briar plantation
furniture, and a figure
clothed in one of Miss
Indie's early dresses.
0. In an adjacent room,
visitors peruse wall cases
containing Daisy's clothing
and standing cases dis-
playing Fletcher/Williams
family memorabilia.
/. A hallway guards two
figures attired in Miss
Indie's clothing from later
years.
0. A comer below the
stairway to the Alumnae
Office shelters a collection
of original doorknobs
from plantation and
College buildings, as well
as temporary displays of
interesting items from the
early years of the College.
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
The Sweet Briar campus is dotted with new additions
and refiirbishments! Four dormitories have been com-
pletely redone. Herewitli, a distant view of some of the
exciting "new looks." Please come soon to see the
changes up close!
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A Infomiation Center,
Wailes main floor.
-^. On the lower back
level at Wailes is the new
SBC Post Office.
o. Recognize Crammer
Parlor? We doubt it!
Standing: Katie Blaik '94,
Oklahoma City; seated:
Stephanie Hanson '94,
Greenview, IL.
'T. The new wing on the
Wailes Student Center
houses the Information
Center and Campus Secu-
rity on the main floor.
O. The new wing of the
Eiston Inn is in place,
housing additional guest
rooms and a conference
room. Offering elegant,
comfortable accommoda-
tions, the Eiston welcomes
guests year-round.
0. The Beemer
Conference Room in
the new Eiston Wing:
an excellent place for
meetings/conferences/
Alumnae College events
during Mini Reunions
/. The small parlor in
Randolph is a true "sun
room," full of white
wicker and green plants.
L-r: Alyssa Spisso, pro-
spective student, hears
inside info from her sister
Amy '95, Frederick, MD.
They are daughters of
Joan Hobbs '72.
O. Tlie back view of
Carson is a happy one.
Tlie rocking chair crowd
includes, l-r: Courtney
O'Dea '94, Scituate, MA;
Shannon Hetcel '94, Sierra
Vista, AZ; Jill Goolsby '95,
Austin, TX; Yolanda
Davis '96, Amherst, "VA;
Heather Forrester '94,
Amarillo, TX; Reneca
Rose '97, Madison
Heights, VA; Holly
Prothro '95, Wichita Falls,
TX; Elizabeth Thigpen '94,
Robbins, NC.
y. The lower level
Manson lounge/kitchen-
ette is user-friendly even
on an eariy Saturday
morning! Admissions tour
guide Mary Copeland '96,
Fairfax, VA (foreground)
chats with prospective
student Elizabeth Kiefer
while Melissa Snyder '96,
Roanoke, WV checks
refrigerator.
ALUMNAE MAGAZINE
11
A Glossary of Financial Aid Terms:
Academic Awards (also known as merit scholarships): Grants
offered to students on thie basis of academic achievement, as docu-
mented in the admissions application process.
Cost of Attendance: Colleges which administer federal student aid
funds are required to publish an annual cost of attendance, a list of all
charges and personal expenses directly related to education that a
student can expect to pay.
Expected Family Contribution: The dollar amount a family is
judged to be able to pay for one student for one year, based on
calculations using prescribed mathematical need analysis formulas.
This amount, subtracted from the cost of attendance, equals the
amount of assistance the student is eligible to receive.
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA): The primary of
two applications Sweet Briar uses to determine a student's eligibility
for need-based assistance. It is year-specific, and is distributed to all
high school guidance and college financial aid offices in the fall.
Financial Aid Form (FAF): The secondary and supplementary of two
applications Sweet Briar requires to determine a student's eligibility for
need-based assistance. Like the FAFSA, it is year-specific, and is
distributed to high school guidance and college financial aid offices in
the fall.
Financial Early Evaluation Form: A simplified aid application Sweet
Briar distributes to families so that they may determine their eligibility
for assistance before applying for admission. Any prospect who
makes a formal inquiry to the College and expresses interest in finan-
cial aid receives this form. The College's Financial Aid Office mails a
written response to those who submit it, indicating whether the family
will qualify for assistance and, if so, offering a written estimate of the
types and total amount of assistance that may be available.
Grant: Money offered as financial assistance which is not repaid by
the student.
Need-based Assistance: Financial assistance awarded on the basis
of an application process which determines if a family lacks the finan-
cial resources — annual income and assets — to pay the entire cost
of attendance for one year. The application process requires families
to report income and asset information on the Free Application for
Federal Student Aid, and on the Financial Aid Form, and to provide
supporting documentation — for example, tax forms — to demon-
strate need and to obtain assistance.
Financial Aid Facts
Sweet Briar's charge for
tuition, room, and board in 1993-
94 is $19,645. With personal
expen.ses and travel co.sts fac-
tored in, the College's total cost
exceeds $21,000.
How do families afford this?
The answer is, most do not —
without some type of financial
assistance.
Approximately 70 percent of
our 1993-94 students are using
some form of financial a.ssi,stance
— need-based aid, academic
awards, or family education loan
plans — to attend. Fifty percent
have demonstrated that they lack
the financial resources to pay the
full cost, and therefore have
qualified for need-based assis-
tance. Fifty-three percent of the
current freshman class has so
qualified.
What does all of this
mean?
It means that if we want
Sweet Briar to continue to thrive
as an institution, we must con-
tinue to provide the financial
assistance necessary for qualified
young women to attend the
College.
This means continuing to
contribute generously to the
Annual Fund. This meaas con-
tinuing to support capital fund-
raising efforts and the
endowment of scholarships.
And it means continuing to
get the good word out about
Sweet Briar to prospects and
their families.
And even with continued
generous support and energetic
recruiting, enrolling acceptable
numbers of high quality students
will continue to be a significant
BY ROBERT STECKEL
Director of Financial Aid,
Sweet Briar College
challenge for the College,
through the 1990s and beyond.
Statistics and experience on
the recruiting front lines tell us
why:
Fact: Sweet Briar is a
single-sex college, and therefore
open to only half of the U.S.
college-age population.
Fact: Only a relatively few
women of college age — less
than five percent — are willing
even to consider attending a
women's college.
Fact: Tlie traditional col-
lege-age population, which
decreased greatly in the 1980s,
will begin increasing again only
slightly in the middle of this
decade, and is not expected to
return to pre-1979 (tiaby boomer)
levels in the foreseeable future.
Fact: There are more than
3,000 colleges and universities in
the United States.
Fact: Students and their
families know it's a buyer's
market, and are shopping
around, choosing colleges for
reasons other than the educa-
tional needs and goals of the
student. They are comparing
college apples and oranges
(public and private, large and
small), and very often are choos-
ing the college that costs them
the least.
Fact: Sweet Briar is a high-
cost college dealing with these
realities of the marketplace.
Tlie competition has been so
intense for so long that some
colleges have resorted to recruit-
ing methods that can only be
described as unseemly and, in
some ca.ses, unethical.
What can Sweet Briar do
in this type of environment?
what we have been doing,
and what we should continue to
do; Stick with well-established
and appropriate policies regard-
ing admissions standards and
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
financial eligibility, and get the
message out to as many young
women as possible about the
high quality of education and
high quality of life at Sweet Biiar.
Alumnae who have contact
with prospective students who
express concern about affording
Sweet Briar should emphasize a
few simple points:
1 ) Sweet Briar offers aid based
on need as well as academic
achievement.
2) Students apply for academic
awards (scholarships) simply by
completing the Application for
Admission by January 15.
3) Students apply for need-
based aid by completing two
applications, the Free Application
for Federal Student Aid, and the
Financial Aid Form, by March 1.
4) Families can use the
College's Financial Early Evalua-
tion Form to detemiine their
eligibility for need-based assis-
tance before the student applies
for admission.
5) Don't jump to conclusions
about aid eligibility. Talk with an
Admissions or Financial Aid Office
representative. They're friendly
people who want to help.
6) Occasionally, families may
mention specific financial prob-
lems they are facing. Tell them
that they should discuss these
issues with the Financial Aid
Office, which wUl be pleased to
listen, and to offer appropriate
guidance.
7) Experience has shown that
the more families see of us, the
more they like us — the greater
the contact between prospects
and Sweet Briar, the greater the
likelihood that the student will
enroll.
8) The mo.st important point is
to get the message out, to get
students and their families talking
about, and with. Sweet Briar.
1993-94 Financial Aid
Facts and Figures:
• Average family income of
students qualifying for need-
aid: $47,000
• Family income range of
students qualifying for need
aid: less than $20,000 to
more than $100,000*
• Average family income of
non-qualifiers: $132,800
• Highest family income of
non-qualifiers: $220,000
• Number of students receiv-
ing some type of assistance,
including need-aid recipients:
389 (out of fall enrollment of
568)
• Number of students qualify-
ing for need-based aid: 273
• Average need-based finan-
cial aid award: $13,100
Amount that is grant: $8,700
Amount that is loan: $3,600
Amount that is work/study;
$800
• Average cumulative GPA of
upperclass qualifiers: 3.0
• Average high school GPA
of freshman qualifiers: 3.2
■Qualifiers at this income level
typically have two or more children
attending high-cost colleges
Important Dates for
Prospective Members
of the Class of 1998:
• Early Decision admissions
application deadline:
November 15, 1993
• Regular Decision admissions
application deadline: Febru-
ary 15, 1994
• Academic award application
deadline': January 15, 1994
• Need-based aid priority
application deadline: March
1,1994
'The College's Application for
Admission is its academic award
application
mini reunions
The September 17-19, 1993 Recognition Weekend in Baltimore
produced a smattering of Mini Reunions!
Three generations
gather, l-r: Newell
Bryan Tozzer '55;
Ellen Newell
Bryan '26;
Keeley Sullivan
Jurgovan '92
Class of 1942, l-r:
Ann Morrison
Reams, Director of
the Alumnae
Association
Emerita: Eugenia
Burnett Affel; Helen
J. Sanford; Betsy
Gilmer Tremain;
Grace Bugg Muller-
Thym; Elizabeth
Hanger Lippincott;
Nathalie Ryan
Glass of 1 948, l-r;
Caroline Rankin
Mapother; Martha
Mansfield Clement;
Peggy Sheffield
Martin; Patty
Traugott Rouse;
Jane Johnson Kent
Class of 1949, l-r:
Mary Fran Brown
Ballard; Elizabeth
Trueheart Harris;
Ann Eustis Weimer;
Jean G. Taylor;
Catherine Barnett
Brown; Julia
Baldwin Waxter
The '90s, l-r: Carey
Bates, '91, SBC
Board of Directors;
Tracy Steele '92;
Caitlin Sundby '94;
Keeley Sullivan
Jurgovan '92
ALUMNAE MAGAZINE
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Networking
Alumnae Helping Students
Every alumna can help students network in sonne way. As
alumnae, you know local people and organizations, and can
refer students for information or assistance. If you work in a
particular field, you can critique a student's resume. You can
be the catalyst for a student networking in your community,
whether or not you work outside the home. You can open
doors for a student to find employment for herself. Sweet
Briar depends on alumnae as extensions of the College
nationwide and worldwide.
Carter Hunter Hopkins, director of career planning, has
submitted the following names of nine seniors who would
welcome any suggestions or assistance. Complete resumes
are available on request. Should you have expertise in areas
other than those listed here, over a hundred other seniors
also await your interest — like E.T., "Please call home!" (804)
381 -61 51 , Career Planning Office/LIFETIMES Center.
BETSY U\NARD
MANTUA, NJ
Career fields of interest
Music Therapy — any age
Preferred geographic areas
Northeast, especially Philadelphia
area
Three adjectives that describe me
Patient; creative; friendly
Special interests
Classical piano; work with mentally
retarded and handicapped; travel
Things I will treasure most about
my Sweet Briar experience
Supportive, caring environment;
friends; personal growth
A message to alumnae
I plan to go to graduate school in
September. Any practicing music
therapists or professionals/volun-
teers who work with disabled
people: please give me the benefit
of your advice. I am particularly in-
terested in learning about areas that
would be good locations for intern-
ship/practica experiences.
ALLISON VOLLMER
NEW CANAAN, CT
Career fields of interest
Magazine, Newspaper, Book
Publishing
Preferred geographic areas
Northeast or Washington, D.C.
Three adjectives that describe me
Ambitious; conscientious; involved
Special interests
Well-developed sense of humor; like
to stay busy
Things I will treasure most about
my Sweet Briar experience
Bonds of friendship
A message to alumnae
I'm willing to try anything, and am
excited about having the chance to
do so. Any help or advice will be
most appreciated.
KATHERINE LINDSEY,
SHOREWOOD, MN
Career fields of interest
Public Relations, Events Planning
(small/medium-sized company).
Local and State Govemment, Non-
profit
Preferred geographic areas
Southeast, preferably Richmond,
Charlotte, Charleston, Savannah, or
Jacksonville
Three adjectives that describe me
Enthusiastic; optimistic; goal-oriented
Special interests
Love animals (cats) and elderly
people; water sports, especially
swimming and scuba; want to leave
the world better place than I found
Things I will treasure most about
my Sweet Briar experience
Healthiness — you always feel good
about yourself here
A message to alumnae
I believe that there are jobs out there
to be found, and I plan to be em-
ployed by July 1 , 1 994. Thank you
for any help that you can give me in
this venture.
KATHERINE W. SCHUPP,
METAIRIE, LA
Career fields of interest
Archaeology, Historic Preservation
Preferred geographic areas
Louisiana, Southeast or Southwest
bordering states
Three adjectives that describe me
Creative; diligent; enthusiastic
Special interests
I love Volvos; drawing; traveling;
horseback riding
Things I will treasure most about
my Sweet Briar experience
The opportunities; the folklore and
ghost stories; friendships
A message to alumnae
First, I would like to know about
possible career paths. Second, I
would like to know about any other
career opportunities related to my
interests.
STAGEY EISENBERG,
WOODBURY, CT
Career fields of Interest
Teaching Elementary Level Students
Preferred geographic areas
Prefer Charlottesville or Richmond,
but flexible
Three adjectives that describe me
Friendly; outgoing; caring
Special interests
Working with children both in and
outside classroom environment;
good listener; positive reinforcer and
supporter
Things I will treasure most about
my Sweet Briar experience
Close student-professor relation-
ships; being identified as a person
with a name, not just a number
(which is seen in large universities);
gaining a sense of independence
(through a single-sex education);
everlasting friendships
Betsy L.anard
Allison Vollmer
Katherine Lindsay
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
ANGELINE L. CARPENTER,
MONROE, VA
Career fields of interest
Arts Management, preferably with
Music
Preferred geographic areas
Washington, D.C., Atlanta — but
flexible!
Three adjectives that describe me
Responsible; energetic; creative
Special interests
Fencing; travel; studying different
cultures
Things I will treasure most about
my Sweet Briar experience
The traditions — Step-Singing
A message to alumnae
Everywhere I go, people hold SBC in
high regard, which I know has a lot
to do with the graduates who have
come before me.
REBECCA NELSON,
WAKE FOREST, NC
Career fields of interest
Investment Banking, Accounting,
Investments and Securities, Hotel
Management
Preferred geographic areas
East, preferably Southeast, especially
Atlanta
Three adjectives that describe me
Independent; dependable; outgoing
Special interests
Raising and showing dogs (soft-
coated wheaten terriers); travel bug
Things I will treasure most about
my Sweet Briar experience
Friendships
A message to alumnae
Hoping that alumnae will be able to
give me advice and suggestions as I
Rebecca Nelson
start my life after SBC. Looking
fonward to being an SBC alumna,
and being able to help SBC
students.
HEATHER ELISE MCKOY,
SONOMA, CA
Career fields of interest
Mathematics/Computer Science
(programming, teaching). Theatre
Arts (acting). Equestrian Activities
(riding, training, teaching)
Preferred geographic areas
Northern California, Virginia, New
York
Three adjectives that describe me
Responsible; creative; dedicated
Special interests
Protecting the environment; working
with children and animals; painting;
hiking and rock climbing; enjoy the
outdoors (Big Sur, Yosemite)
Things I will treasure most about
my Sweet Briar experience
I will always treasure the opportunities
Heather Elise McKoy
Sweet Briar has given me to pursue
my interests (theatre, music, horses),
while enjoying the small, close-knit
environment shared by the students,
faculty, and staff in a phenomenally
beautiful setting.
A message to alumnae
I would truly appreciate the opportu-
nity to pursue any of my interests af-
ter graduation, and I know that I will
always work hard to succeed in
whatever I do. I only hope that I will
be able to share my talents and de-
termination with the world and help
make it a better place to live.
CAITLIN SUNDBY
SNELLVILLE, GA
Career fields of interest
Education, Business or Non-Profit
Setting that would allow the use of
French
Preferred geographic areas
New York City, Washington, D.C.,
Atlanta, France, Canada, really any-
Caitlln Sundby
where, not choosy. More concerned
about bi-lingual applications.
Three adjectives that describe me
Adaptable; dedicated; independent
Special interests
Museums; tennis; concerts; walking/
running
Things I will treasure most about
my Sweet Briar experience
The leadership experience I have
obtained
A message to alumnae
Sweet Briar has taught me the art of
learning how to learn. I am especially
aware of this after my Junior Year in
France experience. I am now ready
to apply that art in the larger world.
Thank you in advance tor your
encouragement, suggestions, and
advice.
Katherine W. Schupp Stacey Eisenberg
ALUMNAE MAGAZINE
Angelina L. Carpenter
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Mary Murchison Gomto '69:
City Manager
ary (Frere) Murchison Gomto was
selected as city manager of
Wilmington, NC, by a unanimous
vote of the City Council June 22, 1993- Her
appointment followed a controversial pro-
cess; the previous city manager for nearly 10
years had been asked to resign and the
council, divided over the six
final applicants for the job,
asked Frere to apply. Al-
though she had not been
looking for a change, Frere
accepted the job, telling the
Wilmington Morning Star,
"I'm a person who likes
challenges... Wilmington is
my hometown. I care very
much about it."
The Morning Star de-
scribed "the new job, which
would take her from a
secure, non-controversial
position as deputy county
manager to the hot seat of
city government, where
she'd be reporting to a
sharply divided council." But
the council registered unani-
mous agreement to offer the
job to Frere, and she sees that as the start of
consensus among that body.
Bettie Fennell of the Morning Star
reported:
"A member of one of the city's most
prominent families — the Murchisons — Ms.
Gomto's roots are deeply imbedded in the
area. She lives in a house built by her great-
grandfather in Wilmington's Historic District.
Those roots and her knowledge of the
issues involving city and county government
make her an excellent choice as city man-
ager, [said] Mr. Cooper [city manager of Key
West, FL and former New Hanover County
manager who hired Frere as assistant county
manager in 1984]."
As city manager, she will supervise
departments, develop budgets and deliver
Frere Gornto:
challenges"
services and programs, overseeing some 650
employees, an annual operating budget of
$35 million, and numerous capital projects.
Frere, who graduated from Sweet Briar
with an American Studies major, was assistant
New Hanover County manager from 1984-90,
when she was promoted to deputy county
manager. Previously she had worked for the
Wilmington Downtown Area Revitalization
Effort for over five years. She has held many
church and commu-
nity leadership volun-
teer positions. She
served on the vestry
of St. James Episcopal
Church 1984-87 and
was senior warden in
1987; was president of
the Junior League,
1980-81; president of
St. John's Museum of
Art, 1978-80; president
of the Old Wilmington
Riverfront Celebration,
■Rivetfest," 1981-83;
and served on the
boards of KEYS, Inc.,
the Arts CouncQ of
Lower Cape Fear,
Friends of Public
Radio, and the J.W.
Murchison Co., Inc.
For Sweet Briar, she was class president
from 1979-84 and Reunion Gifts Chair, 1988-
89. Her mother, Charlotte Sprunt Murchison,
graduated from Sweet Briar in 1946 and her
daughter, Catherine Gomto, in 1992.
Frere expressed the hope that her
appointment will encourage other alumnae
to run, or apply for, government office.
'A person who likes
Moms Reinvent the
Workplace
Susan Grist didn't intend to challenge
the traditional notions of the work-
place when she set up her company
four years ago. She just wanted to find a way
to keep working in the field she loved after
she became a mother.
Now Grist has two children, and her
computer consulting Fimi, HCI Consultants,
Inc., is a model of flexibility: HCI's seven
employees set their own schedules — putting
in anywhere from two to five days a week.
Four of them work at home at least part of
the time.
Grist and the other mothers she works
with say they've found a perfect balance
between work and family. And what's more,
they're making better money than ever. Most
now put in half as many hours to eam as
much as they did in their former full-time
jobs.
The idea of HCI began in 1989 when
Grist's baby son arrived. Since she had
struggled for seven years to start a family, she
decided she wanted to stay home for a while
and gave up her fiill-time job designing and
evaluating computer systems.
But Grist was a whiz at computer soft-
ware, and before long her former boss began
asking her to work for him as an indepen-
dent consultant. Soon she was back in the
office one or two days a week, and writing
program evaluations at home,
"It was exactly the type of work I wanted
to be doing," says Grist. Not only did it allow
her time with her son, Daniel, but it kept her
in touch with computer technology. "In this
field, if you stay home for five years while
your children are small, you're going to be
totally out of date when you try to come
back to work," she says.
Within months, Grist got an even better
opportunity, which grew out of a chance
encounter at a professional conference.
There, she ran into a fomier colleague who
now works for the federal government and
needed someone to evaluate a new computer
system. Grist's special skills made her one of
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
the best-qualified candidates, and she was
subsequently awarded a contract to study
how the system might be used by the federal
government. That assignment led to a con-
tract to develop programs for hundreds of
government employees who needed to be-
come proficient on the new computer system.
Yet the work load was beginning to
intrude on Grist's family time. "Here I was
wanting time with my son," she says, "but I
had too many demands on my time. I
couldn't do it all myself." She decided to
enlist some part-time help.
She started her search at the office of
computer specialist Susan Linthicum, an old
acquaintance who was pregnant with her first
child. The visit couldn't have been better
timed. Linthicum wanted to work fewer
hours once she became a mother. She had
already requested a part-time work arrange-
ment, and her employer had offered to let
her work three specified days a week but
with greatly reduced benefiLs.
"The company thought they were being
very generous, and comparatively speaking,
they were," says Grist, who knows that part-
time opportunities in the male-dominated
technical arena are scarce. "They thought
Susan would accept their
offer because she would
have no alternative."
But Grist made her a
better one: Linthicum could
work for HCI whatever days
and hours she chose, at a
much higher pay rate. It was
an offer she couldn't refuse.
Today Linthicum is
project manager for the
second government contract,
happily working 20 hours a
week. She puts in part of her
hours as a trainer and the
rest at home.
HCI now has sLx more
employees, whom Grist
personally recruited. She
sought workers who were
technically skilled and re-
sponsible, but also commit-
ted to making the flexible part-time
arrangement work. All are parents except
one.
Some, like Linthicum, had been frus-
trated in their previous positions and found
Grist's offer hard to believe at first. "The
overwhelming response," Grist reports, "was
'You're kidding... You'll give me interesting
work? You'll pay me well? You won't hold
part-time hours against me?' Some felt it was
too good to be true."
Grist's willingness to be flexible is im-
pressive, given the nature of her company's
work: HCI supplies regular computer training
courses for hundreds of government employ-
ees. She must provide staff to run classes
every day of the month, that last anywhere
from two and a half to six hours.
One of her secrets is hiring people with
similar backgrounds and skills. Then she
provides them all with the same training.
That way, if one person can't show up, it's
easy enough for someone to fill in. HCI
staffers call this "company share" — they
truly share the work, swapping hours as
needed.
Each employee sets her own schedule,
committing herself to certain hours in the
classroom. The rest of the time, HCI staffers
can work at home, writing technical reports
and training materials.
In their hours apart, HCI members com-
municate with each other by phone, fax, and
modem. ""We probably talk more than some
people do who sit side by side in offices full-
time," Grist says.
When there's a
need for a face-to-
face meeting, the
logistics are fairly
simple. HCI mem-
bers live within
minutes of each
other in Hemdon,
VA. They all origi-
nally gravitated to
the area because it's
an easy commute to
Washington, D.C.,
and near plenty of
employment oppor-
tunities in their
field. Now their
location is one of
the things that make
HCI work so well.
Three employees
live a few blocks apart, and have been
known to send things to each other via their
children's backpacks.
Five of the employees meet regulariy at a
local gym after they've put the children to
bed. Grist also holds an official HCI dinner
meeting either at her home or at a neighbor-
Susan Stetson Grist '80: "Businesses
should support people's personal lives
— not just tolerate them."
hood restaurant once a month. Grist and
Linthicum also talk weekly to make sure all
deadlines are being met.
HCI has no support .staff — secretarial
work is practically nonexistent here — and
Grist contracts out for payroll, accounting,
and legal services.
Like many small firms, HCI has not been
able to offer its employees health insurance
— the cost would be prohibitive. At the
moment, each HCI worker is covered under
her spouse's plan, which, according to Grist,
helps keep HCI salaries high.
HCI does offer other benefits, however.
Last year, Grist launched a retirement savings
plan, thanks to staff member Barbara Morton,
whose husband, Bruce, looked into 401(k)-
type programs for small companies. Grist also
offers education benefits to encourage staff-
ers to take computer-science classes that will
keep them up to date.
Yet these women say that what makes
working here so special is the sense of part-
nership in an exciting new venture, which
extends to the staff members' spouses. "We
couldn't do this without their help and sup-
port," says Grist. Not only did Bruce Morton
come up with a retirement plan, but Grist's
husband, Steve, who's in the computer field,
contributes valuable ongoing business advice,
helping Grist shape goals for HCI.
With 14 children under the age of eight
among the workers, issues relating to things
like child care and sibling relationships com-
monly come up at monthly meetings. While
staff members have their own child care
arrangements, they do babysit for each other
in an emergency.
This year, they all agreed to have their
company Christmas party in January, "when
babysitters are more available," Grist laughs.
Needless to say, this kind of consensus and
camaraderie makes it easier for team mem-
bers to manage the demands of both an
expanding business and growing children.
"We often say that we're raising our children
with the company," Grist proclaims.
When clients ask about HCI's unique
arrangement, Grist is honest and direct. "I
address it in a positive way," she says. "I tell
them they'll find we're more productive than
other contractors because we're very aware
of the value of our time."
The only negative response to this proc-
lamation has come from the other contractors
HCI works with — a problem Grist attributes,
in part, to professional jealousy. Susan
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17
Linthicum remembers one remark that really
got her goat: "This competitor said, 'Ii must
be nice to work only when you want to,' as
if HCI workers didn't really work hard."
Linthicum explained to him that there's a
price for flexibility — at times, she puts in
her hours from 10:00 p.m. to one a.m.
But even this contractor came around,
once he saw HCI's results. He recently sent a
letter complimenting Grist and her associates
for their perfomiance on a project they had
collaborated on. "Now he appreciates our
hard work," says Grist.
The federal government appreciates it
too-. In a recently renewed contract, HCI was
asked to do even more work than the com-
pany had initially proposed. "There's no
better way for them to tell us they're happy
with our work!" Grist says. This year she's
expecting to acquire an even more expansive
government contract. "Right now, we're
wrestling with the issue of how big we want
to grow," says Grist, who is often approached
by men and women interested in joining
HCI. "I think we're all in agreement that we
want to stay small."
■While the firm remains small, Grist's
ideas about the benefits of flexible work
arrangements are big, and she is eager to
share them. "I would like to encourage other
people to start businesses that make em-
ployee flexibility possible," she says. "The
focus is wrong in the workplace," she adds.
"Businesses should support people's personal
lives — not just tolerate them."
— By Sarah Hutter for Working Mother,
July 1993- Reprinted here with permission.
Audrey Stoddard '55 selects a leek for a special soup at Idylwilde Farm. "An SBC education leads
one down strange paths, from English teacher, to math teacher, to cookery — all fun in their times!"
50 Years of Learning in a Farm Cookbook
Growing up tn Washington, D.C., in
the 1940s, Audrey Stoddard said, her
mother shooed her out of the
kitchen where the family cook, Courtney
Banks, had responsibility for making the meals.
But on the nights her parents left for
dinner parties, Stoddard sneaked back in
again. "The moment my parents left the
house, I ran directly to the kitchen," said
Stoddard, surrounded today by pans, woks,
and an endless collection of cookbooks in
her own kitchen in Cariisle (MAj.
Banks "was wonderful, and she thought
I was wonderful," said Stoddard, recalling
hours of happy cooking instruction at Banks'
elbow. "Tliis is the way you rolls the rolling
pin, child, from the center out," she said,
rolling empty hands to demonstrate Banks'
technique. Her pie cmsts were "light enough
to fly," she said. "She taught me the basics."
Some 50 years later, Stoddard is doing
the teaching by way of the just-published
Idylwilde Fartns Cookbook, a thick and eclec-
tic compendium of her favorite recipes. Most
of the recipes are her own invention, but
some have been found, adapted, or inherited
from cooks she's met during her long love
affair with good food.
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
For more than four years, Stoddard, an
enthusiastic 59-year-old retired teacher from
Concord Academy, has been the "secret"
cook behind the "recipes of the week" at
Idylwilde Farm. This bustling West Acton
farm stand is renowned for lush, perfectly
arranged displays of flawless fmits, vegetables,
oven-warm bread, cheeses, and hard-to-find
ingredients as well as plants and flowers.
The cookbook has been published by
Idylwilde to celebrate the farm's 25th year in
business. It went on sale for $18.95 yesterday
and today at the stand, with Stoddard on
hand to sign books and offer some of her
cooking tips.
Over the years, Stoddard's recipes have
been displayed prominently with whatever is
"top shelf and at a good price," said Richard
Napoli, who runs the lOO-acre Acton farm
and retail business with his brothers, David
and Tom, and their families. "People come
in, take a recipe, grab a bunch of broccoli or
cauliflower," said Napoli. The recipes coax
customers to try something new or to rein-
vent something familiar, he said.
"We know people use them," said
Napoli. Hundreds disappear each week, he
said. Customers sometimes call looking for
reprints. At Thanksgiving one year, a man
from the West Coast called asking them to
fax him a copy of Stoddard's recipe for cran-
berry chutney that he'd lost.
Because the Napolis grow much of the
produce they sell, Idylwilde is known espe-
cially for its fruits and vegetables, the stuff
that attracted Stoddard to first shop here
more than 10 years ago, she said. But
Stoddard's cookbook, illustrated by Phyllis
Hughes, also of Cariisle, features recipes for
meat and fish dishes and desserts as well as
for vegetables and soups. It is thick with
influences from many cuisines she's sampled
while traveling in Europe and Asia.
After the basic cooking instructions she
received as a child, Stoddard grew more
interested in cooking while traveling in
Europe as a young woman, eating fabulous
food on a student's budget, she said. "I fall in
love with something," she said, describing
how she develops an expertise in foods as
diverse as pasta, pastry and sushi by cooking
them again and again.
"I'll fL\ nothing but sushi for a month
until my friends beg me to move on to some-
thing else," she said.
Known as Didi to her friends, Stoddard is
no high priestess of Yuppie cuisine even if
the book includes a show-stopper such as
camembert and champagne soup. A lot of
restaurant cooking aimed at that market
today is pretentious and wearisome, she said.
"Everything is finished with this, and doused
with that, and napped with .something else.
It's gotten silly," said Stoddard, who thinks
French and Asian cuisine offer the best bal-
ance of simplicity and richness.
An elaborate meal for a special occasion
should include a balance of rich, or compli-
cated, flavors along with simple dishes to set
them off she advises. "I don't need every-
thing glopped up. ..I don't want stripes on my
polka dots," she said. One of her favorite
foods is a "perfectly grilled hamburger." She
offers tips on how to grill one in the book.
Starting with fresh ingredients that haven't
been processed is the key to good cooking,
simple or elaborate, said Stoddard. Put peas
and carrots together in a can "and you're
bound to have mined one of them," she said.
"And don't buy anything spelled L-I-T-E," she
insists. "The guy who made it probably can't
cook any better than he can spell."
Stoddard comes through on each page
of the Idylwilde cookbook as a chef knowl-
edgeable about the dishes she's presenting.
Reading along, you feel as if you're in the
kitchen with her learning how to plump air
under the skin of a chicken before vertically
roasting it, or finding out how to rescue a
souffle if it starts to separate while you're
mixing.
In her own collection of 600 cookbooks,
Stoddard's favorites are those "that make
pleasurable reading," she said. "I look for
someone who is passionate about what they
are doing whether it's chocolate truffles or
broccoli," she said.
Besides expected tips about when or
how to serve a dish, Stoddard also offers
ideas for improving otherwise bland ingredi-
ents and for using up leftovers. Her advice is
exacting when it needs to be, such as when
she explains how to fold raviolis or warns
about how much room to leave in a pan so a
recipe won't bake over the top.
But for the most part, her own inventive
style encourages experimentation. Some of
her best recipes, she admits, are only tasty
approximations of what she was originally
trying to accomplish.
— By Sharon Britton, Special to
The Boston Sunday Globe, October 24, 1993
Reprinted here with permission.
Crispen Notches
200th Field Hockey Win
Sweet Briar field hockey coach
Jennifer Crispen collected her 200th
victory, when her team defeated
Wilson College, 3-0, in the opening game of
the Women's College Field Hockey Tourna-
ment at Sweet Briar on October 22.
Freshman forward Erica Donahue, from
Wethersfield, CT, scored Sweet Briar's first
goal midway through the first period. After
halftime, junior midfielder Shelby Snyder,
Farmington, MN, scored off an assist from
senior team captain Kim Clayton, Kennett
Square, PA. Wilson threatened to score only
L-r: Kim Clayton '94, Co-captain; Jennifer Crispen; Heather Bayfield '94, Co-captain
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twice but was driven back. Sophomore for-
ward Lisa Aumiller, Cherry Hills, NJ, scored
the game-winning goal with 10 minutes
remaining in tlie second half.
Sweet Briar went on to win the tourna-
ment, downing Mary Baldwin College, Notre
Dame (Baltimore), and Hood College. The
team finished the season with a 9-8-1 record.
Crispen started coaching in 1970 at
Mount Holyoke College. She took over the
SBC team in 1977. Her career field hockey
coaching record is 200-150-21. The assistant
director of physical education also serves as
Sweet Briar's athletic director and lacrosse
coach. She played on the U.S. national field
hockey team 1972-1975.
Crispen was recently selected by the
United States Field Hockey Association as
one of 25 coaches from the U.S. to attend the
Olympic Solidarity Coaching Clinic. The four-
day clinic was an international elite-level
coaching seminar held in conjunction with
the Women's Intercontinental Cup at
Villanova University. Crispen was one of only
two NCAA Division III coaches to attend the
seminar.
— By Dave Blount
Assistant Director, Marketing
Communications, Sweet Briar College
Kibbutz: Not Your Typical
Year Abroad
When one thinks of the Junior Year
Abroad program, images of France,
Spain, and other European coun-
tries come to mind. Many students have
explored the piazzas of Rome or conversed
with Oxford dons, but few have ridden on
the top of a threshing machine at midnight,
harvesting grapes for kosher wine.
Such an experience belongs to Lucia
Marks '94, who spent her junior year on a
kibbutz in Israel. These collective farms
employ a communal style of living and work-
ing to bring growth to the arid land while
promoting national spirit.
Marks and 15 other North American
students lived on a kibbutz between Jerusalem
and Tel Aviv. The program, sponsored by
Hebrew Union University in Cincinnati, OH,
combined a concentrated academic ciinicuium
with work in the fields. Marks' kibbutz was
home to a variety of agricultural enterprises
— a dairy, avocado grove, wheat fields, a
vineyard, even flowers... anything that could
produce an income.
"We went to class three days a week and
worked the other three days," says Marks.
Israel operates on a six-day work week.
Marks' classes included 'Hebrew Litera-
ture," "Biblical Text Study," "Sociology of
Israel," "Zionism," and "The Holocaust."
Alternate days she worked in the avocado
grove.
A typical workday began with coffee at
4:30 a.m. before going out to check and
repair the irrigation systems.
Breakfast, around 8:30, consisted
of a green salad, something it took
Marks quite a while to get used to.
Workers then pruned and picked
until noon. After lunch, they either
napped or moved to other tasks
indoors; the afternoon heat makes
outdoor work nearly impossible.
"A lot of people took naps,"
says Marks, "but the students all
had homework to do!"
There were opportunities to
explore the country. Some stu-
dents rented a car for winter break
to tour Jerusalem and other kib-
butzim.
"We saw that some child had
left a backpack on the sidewalk.
Within minutes a bomb squad
came, examined the backpack,
blew it up, and dumped it in the
garbage can. The mother came looking for it
later and everybody pointed to the can. It
was very strange," says Marks.
Despite the threat of terrorism hanging
over the region, Marks was not constantly in
fear of her life. Comparing violent crime rates
between Israel and the United States is like
comparing airplane versus auto accidents. Air
crashes, like terrorist attacks, make big head-
lines, but one is more likely to be in a car
wreck. "1 feel safer in Israel than I would in a
large American city. You can't believe every-
thing you see in the news."
"Israel held many surprises. I was over-
whelmed by the incredible diversity of
people we saw. Israel has opened its doors
to Jews from all over the worid. Walking
down the street you could see Jews from
Russia, Ethiopia, Chile, and many other coun-
tries," says Marks.
Sociology in Israel, including the notion
of equality, is quite different from the United
States and other western nations. All Israelis
serve in the military. Men serve full-time from
age 18-22; women serve from 18-20. After-
ward, males serve one month every year until
age 50. Military duty and station have be-
come status symbols.
"Flying jets and similar duties carry
greater prestige than desk jobs. A standard
question upon meeting someone is ''What
unit are you in.'' "
"On the kibbutz, people are judged on
the work that they do, rather than who they
are or where they come from," says Marks.
■'There is a great
sense of selfless-
ness. You work
where you are
needed, rather
than where you
want to go.
Every single job
is important for
the survival of
the group as a
whole. Com-
plainers and
whiners need
not apply."
Though she
had never done
such labor
before, Lucia
Marks relished
the opportunity
to see a life-style
and a culture that few people in the West
even know exists. The Junior Year in Israel is
not for everyone, but Marks recommends it
to the adventurous.
"A program can only give you so much,"
she explains. "You have to go out and get it
yourself. You can't be given an experience."
— By Dave Blount
Assistant Director, Marketing Communications.
Sweet Briar College
Lucia Marks '94: "You have to go out
and get It yourself"
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
CLUB CORNER
The Washington, D.C. Club held events October 6 and 7
during its Community Campaign Kickoff!
/. L-r: President Barbara Hill; Patti Powell Pusey '60, Co-Chair, D.C.
Kickoff Committee; Frances Griffith Laserson 70, Co-Chair, Campaign
Scholarship Initiative Committee; Phoebe Brunner Peacock '68, Co-
Chair, D.C. Kickoff Committee
^. D.C. Kickoff, l-r: Ann Eustis 'Weimer '49; Bea Dingwell Loos '46
O. L-r: Barbara Hill; Julia Mills Jacobsen '45; Lynn Frazier Gas '67,
D.C. Kick-off Chair
"T. D.C. Kickoff, l-r: Sandra Vonetes '75; Martha Mansfield Clement '48;
Patricia Smith Ticer '55
O. L-r: Tony Merrill, Anne Rhett Taylor Merrill '69, Carter Bums
Cunningham 71, Cynthia Davis Rackley '71
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Baltimore was the host city for the September 17-19 Recognition
Weekend. The Baltimore and Annapolis Clubs welcomed week-
end guests at a gala cocktail party September 17.
/ L-r: Chair of the Baltimore Weekend activities IMarjorie McGraw
McDonald '60, Alumnae Association Board; Barbara Hill
x:. James W. Rouse, creator of Baltimore's Inner Harbor; Patricia
Traugott Rouse '48
O. L-r: Elizabeth Doucett Neill '41, Chair, Baxwood Inn Committee;
Joanne Raines Brinkley '57, National Co-Chair, Community Campaigns;
iVlildred (.Bee) Newman Thayer '61, Chair, Annual Fund
-/. L-r: Philip Sellers, SBC Board of Directors; Caroline Rudulph
Sellers '46; Sara Finnegan Lycett '61, SBC Board of Directors; Barbara
Hill; Isaac C. Lycett, Jr., Baltimore
F
ET BRIAR COLLEGE
O. Joanne Holbrook Patton '52, SBC Board of Directors, prepares to
welcome Boston area alumnae to an all-day First Annual Sweet Briar
College Picnic at Green Meadows Farm, August 21
0. Members of the Class of '68 share a mini reunion at Joanne
Patton's picnic
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
FROM THE MUSEUM
Iti response to requests from alumnae completing questionnaires on the magazine's contents, this neiv department will offer vignettes
of Sweet Briar lore — some of them factual histoty, others simply stories which, though fanciful, have suivived through time. The
following tales are from Ghosl Stories and Mysteries of Sweet Briar, by Ann Marshall Whitley '47, curator of the Sweet Briar Museum.
The Face in the Red velvet Frame
While I was assembling antique
properties for the first Sweet
Briar museum, the question of
locating a portrait of Indiana
Fletcher Williams, founder of the College,
arose. Since the founding in 1901, many
requests for a portrait had come in, but no
one had been able to produce an identifiable
likeness.
While doing research in the College
library, I discovered an old grocery carton in
the comer of a storage room near the Rare
Book Room. The weather had been rainy for
some weeks; the smell of dampness was
strong in the room. A streak of mildew deco-
rated the wall just above the carton. I felt that
whatever the carton held might be damp, so
I carried it into the Rare Book Room, placed
it on a table, and opened it.
It contained a stack of 19th-century
photographs of people and houses. These
were unidentified, but on the back of each
was a number. Obviously there had been a
key to the photos; however, it was missing.
A note in the bottom of the box said, "These
photographs were found by Reuben
Higginbotham in Sweet Briar House base-
ment in 1953." Reuben had worked at Sweet
Briar House for Meta Glass, the College's
third president, stayed on through the tenure
of Martha Lucas, then retired in the eariy
years of Dr. Anne Gary Pannell's presidency.
The photos were damp. Some of their
edges were beginning to curi. I took them to
Sweet Briar House to dry them on top of the
radiators, which were enclosed in decorative
wooden frames. Edith Whiteman, wife of
President Harold Whiteman, was home, and
helped me spread the photos out on the
dining room table so that we could look at
them.
I recognized Elijah Fletcher, Indiana's
father, several pictures of her daughter, Daisy
Williams, at different ages, two of her hus-
band, James Henry Williams, and one of a
young man named Leeds, who was the son
of Mr. Williams' sister, Harriet Williams Leeds.
Two group pictures of a family sitting in the
yard of their home were later identified as the
family of Mr. Williams' sister, Emma McCall.
There were three photos of unidentified
women, two of them of the same person at
different ages. She was fair, with light blue
eyes, aquiline features, and a pleasant
expression. The third photo was of a woman
in her twenties who looked related to the
other, but she was stouter, her face rounder,
and her hair darker.
As I looked at the two photos of the first
woman, I knew I had seen that face before
— but where? Of course: the face in the red
velvet frame in the Rare Book Room. It was
locked behind wire mesh doors on a book-
shelf with other mementos of the Fletcher
family. The photo had always been identified
as Daisy Williams.
I had seen the face in the red velvet
frame often enough, and always doubted that
Indiana Fletcher Williams
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it was Daisy. The face was more mature than
any of Daisy's photos. Although it was done
in profile, I sensed it was another person
altogether. The librarians insisted that it was
Daisy.
I decided to bring the picture from the
library to Sweet Briar House, to compare to
the two photos of the unidentified woman.
When I laid the face in the red velvet
frame next to the other two, it was obviously
the same person — at different ages! The
framed portrait was done at about age six-
teen, the second at around twenty-five, and
the third was the woman in her forties.
I removed the photo from the red velvet
frame and found that it had been taken in
Paris, France. Daisy had never been to Europe,
but her mother had, at the age of sixteen!
I stared down at the pictures, getting
more excited by the second, and said to Mrs.
Whiteman, who I thought was behind me,
"Do you know who we have here? It is the
founder, it is Miss Indie. We have found Miss
Indie."
I heard a distinct low laugh behind my
left shoulder. I turned to Mrs. Whiteman with
a big grin on my face. She was not in the
room. She was not even in the house. I was
alone.
— Ann Marshall Whitley '47
The Signora Stories
Signora HoUins was bom in Virginia
of slave parents as the fmal convul-
sions of the CivU War were drawing
to an agonizing end. After the war,
she was brought to Sweet Briar plantation by
her aunt, who was to be cook for the
Williams family. Daisy Williams was about
seven years old at the time, so it must have
been 1873 or 1874. Signora was about nine.
The two children became good friends
and playmates. They explored the edge of
the woods, pretended to fish in the spring in
the west dell, played with Daisy's dolls and
chickens, and rode Daisy's pony. Bounce.
They picked wild strawberries and other fruit,
and worked in Daisy's little garden.
After Daisy's death at sixteen in 1884,
Signora remained at Sweet Briar for about six
months. Then she was sent by Indiana to
Massachusetts. At first she worked for a
family that kept a private school for girls in
Signora Hollins ca. 1 935
Boston. Later she went to Amherst, MA,
where the same family had a boarding house
for college boys. Signora was in the North for
12 years before returning to Virginia.
■When the College was founded, Signora
applied for work. She was hired, and what
she saw in those early days were tall build-
ings where cherry and peach orchards had
been. There were only four buildings then,
the faculty apartments (the first building to
be buUt*), at that time housing the workers
who were building Gray, Carson, and the
Refectory. Signora was hired to be the cook
in the faculty apartments. She became a
legend for her southern cooking: Virginia
ham, beaten biscuits, grits, spoon and com
bread, black-eyed peas, and assorted greens
cooked with ham hocks. Her fruit pies were
talked about for years.
One day before the College opened,
Signora came out of the faculty apartments
and found Indiana Williams waiting for her.
Although Signora knew that Indiana had
been dead for several years, she said, "I
thought nothing about it."
She said that Miss Indie looked perfectly
natural and was wearing her usual black
skirt and white shirtwaist. As they walked
together toward the new buildings, then
came near the old slave cabin behind Sweet
Briar House, Indiana asked where the iron
gate was to Amelia's house, and where was
Daisy's pony? Signora said that she didn't
know.
A little later, near the cabin. Miss Indie
told Signora that her money was buried
behind the well under a large flat rock at the
end of the well drain. She told Signora to get
a stick and stir it around to pry up the rock —
the money would be undemeath. She contin-
ued that there was money on the other side
of the Boxwood hedge, buried by Daisy's
hitching post, "Daisy's money." There was
money buried in another place, she told
Signora. "The other place money is buried is
under an old pine tree that is a stump now,
near a large white rock on the hill across the
field from the lake." Signora never said
whether she had searched for the money, or
if it had been found.
The second time Signora saw Indiana
was in the hall of the Refectory. "She was
only walking through, and we didn't speak,
but she had on the same white shirtwaist and
black skirt, and she was just looking around."
This was still before the College opened its
doors to students.
Many years passed before Signora saw-
Indiana again. At that time, Emilie Watts
McVea was Sweet Briar's president, having
taken up her duties in the fall of 1916. When
Indiana materialized the third time, she told
Signora that her silver was buried in a wall in
Sweet Briar House. She said it was sealed up
in the wall on the landing of the front
staircase, "the wall of Mr. Williams' bedroom."
Signora infomied Miss McVea, who was
willing to go along with what Signora told
her. College carpenters opened the wall.
The silver was, indeed, there. "It was
wrapped up in three paper packages, and
they were black with dirt. The spoons
looked like gold, and I don't know what
happened to it after that."
When Signora was well into her nineties,
a tape of her telling these stories was made
by members of the Sweet Briar faculty.
Signora Hollins died during the summer of
1954.
'Now House *1, Faculty Row
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
NOTICES
Recent Deaths
Mrs. Robert C. Hunt
(Elizabeth Whitman AC)
October 14, 1993
Mrs. Josiah F. Reed
(Anna Wills 15)
July 15, 1993
Mrs. Carl M. Ramspeck
(Sarah Sheffield '20)
date unknown
Mrs. Rupert Ware
(Lucille Bowles '23)
1992
Mis. M. F. KeUy
(Muriel K. MacKenzie '23)
October 17, 1993
Mrs. W. Randolph Taylor
(Jean Falconer Grant '24)
September 3, 1993
Mrs. Arthur A. Barricks
(Cordelia Kirkendall '25)
August 25, 1993
Mrs. Oscar J. EUertson
(Virginia C. Carpenter '26)
August 3, 1993
Grace H. Sollitt '28
August 30, 1993
Mrs. Margaret F. Camp
(Margaret C. Faulkner '30)
September 12, 1993
Mrs. Stanley L. Bell
(Virginia LeHardy '30)
August 21, 1993
Mrs. Jane Moor Ulrich
Oane E. Moor '30)
November, 1993
Mrs. C. M. Zaenglein
(Dorothy J. Zartman '30)
date unknown
Mrs. Burton W. Armstrong
(Eleanor Nolte '32)
May 7, 1993
Mrs. Robert R. Wilson
(Adah Montayne Barber '33)
May 16, 1993
Mrs. J. Gordon Ketcham
(Dorothy Adele Barry '35)
June 9, 1993
Mrs. E. E. Richards
(Doris Kendall '35)
March, 1993
Mrs. Thomas C. Roberts
(Ada Denton '36)
date unknown
Mrs. Donald MacLeay
(Elizabeth Hall Fesser '36)
October 7, 1993
Mrs. John K. Clement
(Dorothy Caroline Gipe '38)
September 20, 1993
Mrs. Harold L. Weckler
(Anna Atkins Espach '39)
September 6, 1993
Mrs. Edwin J. Spiegel
(Doris Dee Naylor '42)
October 22, 1993
Mrs. Cecil H. Bulk
(Shirley Jane Sprague '43)
September, 1993
Mrs. Hugh C. Macfariane
(Sarah Ann Leffen '45)
September 4, 1993
Mrs. Joseph G. Wagner
(Janet Amilon '47)
August 4, 1993
Mrs. Mary Comstock
(Mary Colson '48)
date unknown
Mrs. Stuart Boiling, Jr.
(Brantley C. Lamberd '49)
August 14, 1993
Mrs. George F. Walker
Qean Pepper Gillespie '54)
July 31, 1993
Mrs. Hal Goggan Kuntz
(Willie [Day] Padgitt '62)
September 24, 1993
Mrs. Gary Thomas Behms
(Patricia Suella Epple '76)
September, 1993
Mrs. Edward W. Allen, Jr.
(Catherine Kimberly Tucker '80)
November 7, 1993
Photo from the 1 936 Briar Patch, to
which Perry Laukhuff served as faculty
advisor.
Perry Laukhuff, 1906-1993
Perry Laukhuff was bom in
Dayton, Ohio. He received the
B.A. from Otterbein College and
the M.A. from Harvard University.
He taught government at Sweet
Briar from 1930 to 1936, during
which time he met and married
Jessie Cobum Laukhuff '33.
He served as a U.S. Foreign
Service officer for 16 years in
Milan, Berlin (twice), Stockhohn,
Paris, and London, and was
director of the Office of German
Political Affairs, Department of
State, from 1949 to 1952.
He was consultant to the Council
on Foreign Relations and the
Woodrow Wilson Foundation, and
later vice president of John Price
Jones Company in New York City.
He was editor of "The Certain
Trumpet," a religious newsletter
from 1972-1981, and is the author
of articles and brochures on foreign
affairs, Woodrow Wilson, and
religious topics. In 1992, his book,
Immamiel- Outrageous Myth or
God's TnithF was published.
He also contributed to the Sweet
Briar Alumnae MagazUie (most
recently, "Meta Glass, Another
Perspeaive," winter '93). In a
summer 1983 article ("Sweet Briar
50 Years Ago"), he wrote:
Siveet Briar had opetied its doors
in the year of my birth, 1906. It
tvas therefore just my age when I
arrived in 1930. like everyone
before me and everyone after me, I
was overwhelmed ii'ith the
spaciousness and the beauty of the
sylvan and bucolic campus. I had
never seen anything like it and
despite much experience of
campuses since, I have never seen
anything to this day which can be
put in quite the same category.
Perry and Jessie Laukliuff retired
to a home on Waughs Ferry Road
in 1977, resuming their longtime
friendship with Miss Sarah T.
Ramage,* of Sweet Briar's English
faculty from 1935 until 1971. From
1977 until Perry's death in September
1993, the Laukhuffs were participants
in campus activities. In November,
Jessie Laukhuff left Sweet Briar to
live in Charlottesville.
'Sarah T. Ramage now resides at
Westminster Canterbury, Lynchburg.
Request for Nominations:
For Distinguished Alumna
Award 1994 and Outstanding
Alumna Award 1994. Send
nominee names to Alumnae
Office by 3/1/94.
Rose Mary Johnson
August 18, 1993
Although Dr. Johnson was not at
Sweet Briar very long (1959-61),
her teaching and Faculty Row
experiences while there were the
most vivid of her long teaching
career. She was devoted to Sweet
Briar and, as a biologist, especially
relished the natural resources of
the campus. Many an evening over
dinner, she would entertain her
tablemates with tales of her
expeditions to capture frogs at the
lake in the wee hours, and forays
to observe other wildlife.
While a graduate student, she
collected a new species of crayfish
named in her honor, Cambarus
johnsonia. which is part of the
Smithsonian Collection.
Rose Mary taught at the
University of Virginia while
completing her Ph.D. there, then
filled in for Drs. Belcher and
Sprague during their sabbatical
leaves. She went on to teach a few
years at Old Dominion University
before settling at Mary Washington
College for the rest of her teaching
career. She retired in 1989 as
Professor Emerita.
Many of her former students
continued to seek her advice in
their positions as medical techni-
cians, physicians, or biologists.
Rose Mary was a charter member
of the Fredericksburg Kennel Club
and a breeder of Basenjis. She was
long known for her annual
appearance as announcer at the
spring Fredericksburg AKC Dog
Show. In fact, the show in April of
1994 (on the Cherry Blossom
Circuit) is to be dedicated to her.
She will be sorely missed by
those of us who appreciated her
lovely, laid-back sense of humor
pronounced in that unique
Kentucky drawl; fek her door-was-
always-open sense of hospitality;
and who were guided by her sense
of professional ethics.
— By Mary Washington Professor
of classics Diane F. Hatch '64,
sophomore student of Rose Mary 's,
and later her colleague at Mary
Washington college for 20 years.
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Alumnae Daughters and
Granddaughters, 1993-94
Seniors, Class of 1994
Amalia De Simone
mother: Judy Barthold '66
Corinne Gaillard
grandmother: Cornelia McDuffie
•38 (dec.)
Caitlin Sundby
grandmother: Eudoxa Dingman
'39 (dec.)
Juniors, Class of 1995
Katherine June Maxwell
grandmother: Martha Homer '36
Lucile Bee Lebby Page
grandmother: Effie Siegling '43
Charlotte Prothro
grandmother: Elizabeth Perkins '39
Mary Byrd Scliroeder
mother: Betty Page Cariton '64
Amy Lee Spisso
mother: Joan Hobbs '72
Sophomores, Class of 1996
Anne Walton Arey
mother: Pamela N. Henery '71
Abigail Elizabeth Phillips
mother: Rebecca Ann Bentsen '70
Kathleen Kamala Warren
grandmother: Dorothy Bird,
AC (dec.)
Freshmen, Class of 1997
Susanna Bader
great grandmother; Isabelle
Richards '14 (dec.)
Elizabeth Hunter
grandmother: Grace Lanier '41
Lisa Tedder
grandmother: Elizabeth Lord
Cheney '42
Alumnae Award Recipients,
1993-94
Alumna Daughter Award;
Amalia De Simone '94,
Pine Bluff, AR
Manson Scholar:
Mtesa Cottemond '94,
Brodnax, VA
Benedict Scholar;
Heather McKoy '94,
Sonoma, CA
Sherer;
Nancy Weigle '95,
Fairfax, VA
Valentine;
Anita Collins '96
Richmond, VA
Rickards;
Lisa Aumiller '96,
Cherry Hill, NJ
Harold B. Whiteman:
Kimberly Mounger '94
Portland, OR
Alumnae College Events
Reading List for May 1994 tour,
French Country; Exploring the
Treasures of Provence, Villages of
the Dordogne, and the City of Paris
Guides
Michelin Greeri Guides (English Ed):
Paris/Nonnandy /Chateaux of the
Loire/Ue-de-France. Excellent
quick reference to art/architec-
ture/history; light to carry.
The Knopf Guide to Paris (Random
House)
Dumont Guides. Well-written,
more detailed than Michelin in
the arts/history/architecture;
excellent photographs.
Blue Guide France (A&C Black
and W W Norton): Very detailed
guides on French arts/history/
architecture.
Baedeker's Guide: France. Excellent.
Fodor's France Guide '93 and
Paris '93: Practical, infonnative.
Books
A Year in Provence and Toujours
Provence, Peter Mayle (Alfred A.
KnopO
Running In Place, Nicholas
Delbanco (Atlantic Monthly Press)
Fragile Glory, Richard Bernstein
(Alfred A. KnopO
'When in France, Christopher Sinclair-
Stevenson (Simon & Schuster)
The Europeans, Luigi Barzini
(Simon & Schuster)
A Little Tour in France, Henry
James (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Three Rivers of France, Freda Wliite
(Faber & Faber)
A Traveler's History of France,
Robert Cole (Interiink Books)
The Sun King, Nancy Mitford
(Crescent Books)
The King 's Way, Franf oise
Chandemagor (Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich)
Louis Xn\ The Other Side of the
Sun, Prince Michel of Greece
(Harper Row)
Louis The Beloved, Oliver Bemier
(Doubleday & Co., Inc.)
The Age of Napoleon, Christopher
Herold (American Heritage)
PARIS, John Russell (Harry N.
Abrams, Inc.). Beautifully
written/illustrated
Walks in Gertrude Stein 's Paris,
Mary Ellen Haight (Peregrine
Smith Books), paperback.
The Food Lover's Guide to Paris
and France, Patricia Wells
(Workman, NY)
Paris Bistros, Robert & Barbara
Hamburger (The Ecco Press)
Mont St. Michel and Chartres, H.
Adams (Putnam)
An Illustrated Dictionary of
Impressionism, Cogniat/ Selz/
Elga (Barons)
Stories
Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis,
Henry James, Edith Wharton,
Charies Dickens (A Tale of Two
Cities), Flaubert, Balzac,
Stendhal, de Maupassant
"The Sweet Briar Difference"
Letter From Debra A. Elkins '93
October 27, 1993
After graduating from Sweet Briar, I entered graduate school (math-
ematics) at Texas A&M University. It was an eye-opening experience.
Pertiaps culture shock best describes my initial dislike of the big
university system. Facts are, in a large university, students are social
security numbers; many professors have absolutely no clue who their
students are. Professors discourage asking questions by directing you to
graduate assistants, and are not available during listed office hours.
Students have difficulty getting into classes, and must consult teaching
assistants assigned to the courses for any help in class work. Some
professors are so wrapped up in research that they seem to miss their
original purpose — to teach.
Big universities do have their merits. You can work with people who
are full-time researchers and do your own independent research. Depart-
ments can offer more courses because of a larger faculty. High student
enrollment enables schools to afford improvements in equipment and
facilities. Departments provide graduate students with teaching assistant-
ships in exchange for lab/classroom instruction of undergraduates. Big
universities are tolerable for graduate wori<, but I believe that they cannot
compare to Sweet Briar for an undergraduate education.
I hope that undergraduates will continue to have the option I enjoyed;
learning in the environment of a small, liberal arts college. Young women
at Sweet Briar are individuals and leaders, not social security numbers
and statistics. Faculty, staff, and administration are visible and acces-
sible, and know students on a first-name basis. Students can take a wide
spectrum of courses to complete a liberal arts degree. Professors make
time to address questions, in and outside class, and encourage students
to stop by during office hours to chat. Sweet Briar faculty really teach;
they don't just stand by the blackboard and mumble, leaving students to
consuft a teaching assistant. They also conduct research, often involving
students in their wori<. There are so many aspects that make Sweet Briar
special!
Large universities seem less expensive than small private colleges.
But take everything into account — tuition, room, board, fees, scholar-
ships, financial aid packages, and living expenses. Then consider the
value of the education one receives, using cost- benefit analysis. The
educational difference becomes clear! SBC students receive a far more
valuable degree, as they have a much broader base of learning. The
liberal arts teaching philosophy prepares them tor entering the job mari<et
or graduate school. And the SBC student graduates with more than a
diploma; she leaves with a definite sense of honor, respect for others, a
true love for Sweet Briar, and knowledge that allows her to continue
learning the rest of her life, whatever she may do.
As alumnae, we must continue to support excellence in education at
Sweet Briar.
Sweet Briar alumnae, parents, and friends; please look at all the
information you receive from the (College about fund-raising. The Annual
Fund supports scholarships and faculty salaries. By participating, you
can help young women experience the fabulous educational opportuni-
ties Sweet Briar offers. You can help sustain the excellence in teaching
for which Sweet Briar faculty are known.
You can make a difference by supporting the Annual Fund!
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
SWEET
BRIAR
COLLEGE
1918
At age 95. Jane Pratt Betts lives
alone, has a keen interest in politics and tlie
Atlanta Braves, and enjoys very tiappy
memories of tier days at Sweet Briar
1926
President: Martha Bachman McCoy
Gertrude Collins Calnan and Eric
spent July & Aug, visiting relatives In Paris,
Brussels & Spain, and friends in Italy. In
Spain, Gertrude fell and fractured tier pelvis
and was tiospltallzed. Ttiey stayed wltti a
brottier-ln-law and tiis wife until Gertrude
was well enougti for ttie lourney tiome wltti
wtiicti their daughter. Arline. came over to
help. Gertrude says. "After therapy and use
of a cane. I am now back to good health for
an 88-yr.-old." They hope to attend grand-
son Chris's graduation from Brown Univ.
1930
President: Katryne Blake Moore
Secretaries: Elizabeth Williams
Gilmore, Elizabeth Copeland Norfleet
Fund Agent: Emmy Riely Lemaire
It's a great time to be silver - well, yes
and no. When you have white hair, you can
wear any bright color, and nice little boys
help you across the street. On the other hand.
Illness quietly stalks, and life patterns change
drastically - without warning. It's the lucky
duck who can preserve the status quo. The
Class of '30 has a good endurance record;
most of us who are still here have kept ac-
tive: and our Descendants Derby Is clicking
along nicely.
So far. Dorothy Sherman In San
Diego still has the lead with 9 great-grand-
children. (Your secretaries are keeping
score only In that category, due to lack of
space ) Lindsay Prentis Woodroofe has
3 great-grands, and |ust celebrated her 61st
annlv Dougie Lyon Steadman has 6, all
in TX. Mona Stone Green has 7 1/2 at this
writing. What a pleasure It must be to keep
track of all those birthdays!
There Is a dark side to the Silver. We
have lost Ruth Hasson Smith, our fvlay
Queen, after too many years of increasing
debility. Betsy had kept contact, if not always
with Ruth, at least with Ruth's daughter, Patty
who Is also Betsy's godchild. Ruth was Kirk
Gllmore's 2nd cousin, a connection Ruth
cultivated although she and Betsy were not
related; but, of course, Ruth was related to
Betsy's daughter, Nell. Both Patty and Nell
have the Kirkpatrick eyes. Winogene
Springer Yost lost her husband this year;
she is staying In her home In Arkansas to
be near her children. Helen Lawrence
Vanderhorst '31 wrote of her sister tVlary's
death. They lived as next-door neighbors on
their old family property In Marietta. GA. and
shared many activities. There was always a
strong family unity, even in our college days,
between the Lawrences.
Myra Marshall Bush continues to live
in her lovely home In Lexington, VA, and
continues to hope that one of her grand-
daughters will go to Sweet Briar. Sally
Reahard keeps her Historic Preservation
and Conservation organizations on her
active agenda, including land acquisition In
Indiana. All this - and a successful hip re-
placement Willie Smith McConnell has
been a social worker for 20 years for the state
of PL. and is now, in retirement, a volunteer
for the Senior Friendship Center in Sarasota,
She went to Paris In tVlay for the wedding of
her Isl grandchild. Scootie Gorsline In
Richmond Is now involved with keeping her
sister. Catharine, on a fat-free diet, which
must be a culinary departure, as Scootie is
a wonderful cook. She takes time out to have
lunch with Louise Nelson Redd, on Fridays,
Carolyn Martindale Blouin writes
one of her newsy letters from ME. A promi-
nent NY photographer had an exhibition at
the County Historical Society presenting a
diverse group of prominent women in the
Piscataqua region (South Maine and New
Hampshire). One of them was our classmate.
Her citation read: "Columnist, political ac-
tivist, and co-founder of the South Berwick
Public Library." That's our Carolyn! It was
good to have a note from Francie Harrison
McGiffert In Duluth. She has been very
occupied with Turk In his continuing Illness.
We all remember Turk and are saddened by
his present condition. We hope he will im-
prove and that we will continue to hear from
Francie. It has been too long between notes.
Yes, we still travel, although Liz
Copeland Norfleet did NOT go to England
this year Gladys Wester Norton went to
the South Pacific, and Elizabeth Carnes,
In FL, says she Is slowing down, hitting only
Ireland, Christmas In VA, and a tour of the
West. She hopes to make Sweet Briar In '95.
(Wanna bet?) Emma Riely LeMaire will
go to Squam. NH, as usual. In the summer;
then, she's on to Italy and 2 wks. In Paris to
see Remy's family. Emma Is a volunteer with
Unlcef and the NY Hospitality Committee. No
grass Is growing near Emma in NYC.
For changes in lifestyles, we have the
Retirement Communities springing up all
over the country. Liz Norfleet has lived In
one for several years, and Betsy Gilmore
moved to one in March, to be near her
daughter in Baltimore. Gladys Wester
Norton In Delray Beach. FL, lives In the
same one as Bel le Brockenbrough Hutch I ns
'29, and they play golf together. We all know
that Dougie Lyon Steadman has been
retired in Bryn Mawr, PA for several years,
although she winters In FL, still playing golf.
Teresa Atkinson Greenfield has found
a lot to keep her busy in a retirement home
in Atlanta; she claims that "Time files."
Eleanor Marshall Tucker and Bev have
a new similar address In Glendale. OH
Mona Stone Green and Thornton
spend the summer In their little house In NV,
Since daughter Anne and her husband raise
Arabians out there, we can still Imagine
Mona on a horse,
Betsy hung up her tennis racquet when
she left Charlottesville for Baltimore, but
she is now learning to be a docent at
"Homewood," one of the Carroll homes. She
also has a garden of vegetables and flowers
- to keep out of doors and. become a dirt
farmer. Liz keeps busy with her typewriter:
one article of local history published, and 2
memoirs - one finished and one in process.
If we may pass on a bit of our own phi-
losophy - in which many of you seem to be
way ahead of us - we say. "Keep going,
stand up straight, and keep us abreast of how
you continue to make your world a pleasant
place to grow old In!"
1934
President: Eleanor Alcott Bromley
Secretary: Julia Sadler de Coligny
We have a lot to live up to when we cel-
ebrate our 60th reunion next year because
the class of 1933 really distinguished them-
selves in all respects. Their contribution,
their wit. their spirit, their looks and their
participation were enjoyable and enviable
and I suggest that we see if we can't Invest
In all the vitamin supplements and memory
restorers we can. They were wonderful.
I can't brag about the response I got from
my request for news, and I imagine you'd like
to know a statistical report. Apparently, 214
records were printed, 77 wanted to keep in
touch, 1 9 are lost, 64 have died and, to date.
I have gotten messages from only 23 - but
let me hurry on to share what I know.
Marcia Morrison Curtis writes that
Poody and her daughter came from Indiana
In March to celebrate her 80th In the house
where she has lived for 52 years and is
gradually modernizing! Says she has no
glamorous news, no ailments, no creativity
for songs and skits for next year but will be
there! Jackie Wood urges our classmates
to come back for reunion and continue be-
ing generous to SBC or to start as It Is never
too late! (She must be the gift chair!) She had
a great 18 day trip to Egypt this spring - 1
days on the Nile, and is oft for an Aegean
cruise late In Sept.! Will spend a few days
with Judy Halliburton Burnett and see
Cordelia Penn Cannon and Nancy
Leavell
Nan Carter says she will try her
darndest to get herself In shape for reunion
with tennis racket In hand, fat tummy and all.
She may be living winters in Vermont by then
In retirement complex near ski trails, golf
courses, tennis courts, Univ. of VT courses
and 3 of her kids. Then apparently plans to
come back to Buffalo In summers and ends
up "See you in 94." Betty Suttle Briscoe
writes from their apt, in Hilton Head where
she rejoices that they have succumbed to the
lure of freedom from responsibility. They
went to their first Elderhostel in Santa
Barbara In March and liked it so much they
went to another in Atlanta In April!
Smut Mayfield, whose husband,
George Chapman, I had known well at
Columbia, got herself Into Westminster Can-
terbury in Richmond and almost immediately
hooked up with Peter Roughton, whose wife
I had known at St. Catherine's. She and
Peter have hardly paused In their travels to
meet each others families and they say they
will be at our 60th and cooperate. Jane
Morrison Leak and her daughter Jane
Moore Stubbs, ex '65, flew to Kansas City,
MO, where they had a wonderful long week-
end with Jane's freshman roommate, Betty
Clapp Robinson, ex '34, who graduated
from Mills College. Mitzi Hanifen Fried
says she would love to see the college where
she spent the 4 happiest years of her life but
crippling arthritis and other medical prob-
lems keep her from traveling. Linda, her
youngest, graduated from Mt, Holyoke In '65
and pleased her mother by celebrating her
50th birthday reiecting all sorts of other
invitations and staying with her mother.
Lib Maxwell writes from Charleston
that she and Ann Corbitt Little had drinks
together; she's hoping to get Bonnie there
this fall. She spent a weekend with Banks and
Gwyn Harper at their place in the mountains.
Lib has 2 grandsons who have graduated
from college. Kitty Neely says that "these
wonderful golden years" have brought some
problems, but she hopes to last until our
60th! She says sea air will help - heading
Down Under again In Aug, Her daughter
Betsy and Patrick Boyle now live in Charlot-
tesville. Betsy Is head of Admissions and
Dev. at The Tandem School. Kitty came to
SBC and meant to phone Nancy, Jackie and
me but time got away. Her granddaughter
ALUMNAE MAGAZINE
27
Erin graduated from Oberlin and has just left
to spend a year in Moscow working for tfie
Pleiades Pub. Co. and Russian Academy of
Sciences, editing translated materials.
Martha Lou Stohlman is now settled
at Pennswood Village, D212, Newtown, PA
1 8940. Sfie says ttiis is a fine spot, filled with
good people. They make day trips around the
lovely PA countryside: Bartram's garden, a
great deal of theater, races and baseball
games Eleanor Alcott Bromley is look-
ing forward to our reunion and hopes all
goes well so she can be there, Judy
Musser says Janet's #2 boy graduates from
Harvard next year and #1 boy graduates from
the Amos Tuck grad school at Dartmouth
followed by his 6/18 wedding. Judy has 4
men putting on a new roof and 3 others in-
stalling air conditioning and replacement
windows and has just given the order to paint
the whole house and garage. She can't be-
lieve its been 60 years! A pitiful, illegible
message from our always fluent Lasar say-
ing she's nursing a broken right arm - pure
hell! I only hope my deep distress and sym-
pathy and love can comfort you a little.
Anne Corbitt Little spent 2 wks. in
Richmond with her sister Roberta Horsley
and is back tor another 2 wks. now. I hope I
make contact with her tomorrow. She had
cocktails with Lib Scheuer Maxwell in
Charleston, SC in the spring and says her
house is a real delight. Anne's daughters are
doing well - Louise has a nice practice in
psychology in Charlotte, NC, Suzanne and
Robert have moved to Houston where he
heads anesthesiology at MD Anderson
Hospital, and Roberta and Bob are at
Nationsbank in Atlanta. Sallle Merritt
Brentnall has the ideal retirement home -
apt. in the home of her family: son Lynn and
his wife, their 2 children, 1 Brittany spaniel
and 2 kittens, a very stimulating life!
Lydia Goodwyn has had a rough year.
In Feb. she had both knees replaced at once
and stayed in the hospital a month - went
to therapy 3 times a wk through March and
into April. Herbert had congestive heart fail-
ure in April and died in May. She was glad
his illness was brief, but she hasn't really ac-
cepted the fact that she's a widow again.
Bless her heart! She says next year must be
better and she'll make it to reunion! Becky
Strode Lee's daughter Brownie, '60, has
returned to the US from Ghana, Africa, where
she has been for 12 yrs, as an Assoc. Peace
Corps Director and supervising volunteers.
Becky is at Westminster Canterbury in Rich-
mond and recovering from a major operation.
Rosemary F. Rogers had an ex-
tended celebration of her 80th birthday with
trips to FL and the West Coast. It was great
fun and great shopping! Then in Nov. the left
foot was operated on with a second opera-
tion in Jan. from which she is still recuper-
ating. Volunteer work keeps her busy -
serving on the board of CARES, a trustee of
the local jr. college and chair of the Friends
of the Library. Now she's spending happy
hours with her play garden and 2 Shelties,
Marlte Stephens Sheridan and her hus-
band have moved into a small cottage in the
Methodist Manor House Continuing Care
Retirement Community and they are thank-
ful for friendly and congenial neighbors,
I have sold my hundred year old house
in Bon Air, suburb of Richmond, where many
of my relatives have lived, and this week will
move to Westminster Canterbury in Lynch-
burg. It is a wrenching experience, but they
all tell me that if I survive eliminating the
clutter, I will be very happy!
1938
President: Janet MacFarlane Bergmann
Secretary: Pollyanna Shotwell
Holloway
Robert and I were sorry we missed the
reunion this year, but we just couldn't make
it. I was hoping to hear from some of you
who did, but it's beginning to look as if there
were no attendees in our class. At least we
had our glorious 50th. In the event any of you
drop by the campus, I compiled a scrapbook
and sent it to the Alumnae Office, where it
will be available tor you to peruse.
Janet MacFarlan Bergmann is
summering at the Cape, with extended vis-
its from children and grandchildren Also at
Cape Cod is Mary Ann Housel Carr who
in June rented Fergie's (Barbara Ferguson
Hill) house, where she reunes with her
Harvard graduate grandkids, Fergie herself
summers at the Cape and winters in FL, and
still plays tennis and golf. More power to
you, Fergie Carolyn Staman Ogllvleand
Buck had a delightful trip to England, Scot-
land and Wales. In London, they met a
grandson studying there on an English
Speaking Union Scholarship, This young
man and one of their granddaughters will
enroll at W&L, He hopes to play football, and
if so, will compete against an older brother
on the Davidson team. What a dilemma! Is
it kosher to cheer lor both teams?
Isabelle Franck DeGraff travelled
36,000 miles with her oldest son and family
through the West and Western Canada,
When home, she enjoys the Stuart Society
of St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts al-
most as much as her 4 grandsons and 4
granddaughters. Another traveller is Ida
Todman Pierce who just cruised to South
America. Ida stays busy at home with golf,
bridge, and gardening. Two of our class-
mates happened to end up on the same
cruise around the British Isles. Babble Derr
Chenoweth and Jo Sutton McCandllsh
had a wonderful reunion after many years,
and caught up on mutual friends. Babbie is
spending the summer in NC, and Jo and Bob
are in their new retirement cottage in Win-
chester VA. Kay Hoyt still enjoys her
Elderhostels. She is teaching reading and
spelling to illiterates, but has found time to
attend several art exhibits in Baltimore and
Washington,
Molly Talcott Dodson and Grit are
"muddling along", sailing whenever pos-
sible, enjoying the visiting grandchildren,
one coming from El Salvador, and looking
fonward to a visit from a daughter who will
be celebrating her 50th birthday with old h.s.
buddies. Nancy McCandllsh Prichard
writes that both her sons are clergymen. Bob
and family are at St. Andrews, Scotland, re-
turning to VA Theological Seminary later this
summer. Tom is head of the South Ameri-
can Missionary Society. Her daughter,
Helen, is a doctor in Richmond, and Helen's
husband is switching from banking to law.
Virginia Guild Colmore has been
busy with granddaughter Sarah's wedding,
and also her namesake's graduation from
Sewanee, making her the fifth generation of
the family to graduate from that University.
Two more grandchildren are graduating in
Aug. She is getting a well educated family
in a hurry. Robert and I hope to visit Virginia
in Aug. when we return to Sewanee for an
Alumni Council meeting. Another alumna
busy with graduations is Billy Heizer
Hickerlooper. She travelled to TX to see
her son (a lav^yer for many years) graduate
from Theological Seminary, and to Kansas
City to see him ordained an Episcopal priest.
Then to Boston where her oldest grand-
daughter graduated Magna Cum Laude from
Harvard. In July, she travelled to NE for the
wedding of her oldest grandson. After that,
she and Bo look fonward to a well deserved
Alaskan cruise. She contacted Mary Ann
Housel Carr while in Boston, and keeps in
touch with Betty Dall Windeler
Congratulations to Pauline Womack
Swan and husband George on their 56th
anniversary, Pauline was under the weather
last winter after suffering a blood clot, but is
making good recovery, playing golf and
walking. The Swans summer in Ml where
their 3 daughters live, and winter in FL where
their son resides. They have 5 granddaugh-
ters and 2 grandsons. Dee Armfleld Can-
non has all 4 of her children living in NC.
She has 7 grandchildren, the oldest is a stu-
dent at Wake Forest. Marge Thaden Davis
just returned from the Greek Islands and
Turkey. She is preparing to move back to
New York in Sept. to be near her daughters.
Vesta Murray Haselden and Eddie
cruised through the Panama Canal and went
to AZ and NM, tailing in love with Santa Fe
and Sedona. Now they are busy "gentlemen
farmers", growing vegetables for the fun of
it. Robert and I were pleased to learn that they
have a grandson at Sewanee, Robert's alma
mater, and that the grandson loves it. They
also have a granddaughter at Converse, all
of which Vesta says makes her feel old, but
that she is still "kicking." Sounds like it with
all that traipsing around,
Jessie Silvers Thompson sold her
St. Martin home to none other than Olym-
pia Dukakis. She and John now divide their
time between Greenwich and Fort Lauder-
dale, with side trips to family in Dallas and
Wilmette Frannle Bailey Brooke and
George are going to London and various
parts of England for about 2 weeks. She re-
grets she didn't make the reunion, but she
did get to see some Briarites in Lexington at
the wedding of Jane Bush's ('40) grand-
daughter, Jane's twin, Mariana Bush King
came for the wedding, and also Jane's room-
mate, Margaret Dowell Kearny came
from Washington. Rose Hyde Fales is still
"plugging along, enjoying living, with 2
white cats for company. She keeps in touch
with Josephine Happ Wlllingham
I am sorry to report some bad news.
Alzheimers has brought grief to 2 of our
classmates Lucy Taliaferro Nickerson's
husband, Charley, is in a nursing home near
their home in NJ. Her children are scattered,
with one in Charlotte, one in Pittsburgh, and
one in Lodi, NJ, but they come as often as
they can. M. J. Miller Raber's husband
writes that they have moved from Hilton
Head to Jacksonville, FL so that M. J. can
be in an excellent facility there, only 5 mins.
from their home. M. J. is in great physical
health, but her mental abilities have deterio-
rated to the extreme. Our thoughts and
prayers go out to these 2 members of the
class of '38 and to their loved ones,
Margaret Weimer Shepherd says
her new hip is fine, but the old Polio keeps
her from doing much walking. However, she
was able to go to England in May. taking one
of her 5 grandchildren with her. Marion
(Macky) Fuller Kellogg still enjoys be-
ing librarian at the Weston Public Library.
She completed the 20-mile Boston Walk for
Hunger for the 15th time. Bravo! She and
Moulton have 12 grandchildren, some
nearby Elizabeth (BIsh) Lockett Lord
had a 4th total hip replacement which has
kept her from her favorite outdoor activities,
but she hopes to be back on the golf course
in FL this winter. She and Roger went to the
Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY
where they visited friends and "gloried" in
the fall foliage.
We are so sorry to learn that Dorothy
Gipe Clement was in and out of the hos-
pital all last year taking chemotherapy, blood
tests, etc. She is feeling better now, and able
to travel a little, to Northern Ml, and to
Boston to visit their daughter, and for the
rowing of the "Head of the Charles", in which
Bob always participates.
Janet Forbush Fead writes that our
"perpetual reuners" did it again in Oct.,
meeting in Sanibel, FL for a week of relax-
ing and reminiscing. The Alums are Dor-
othy Gilbert Browne, Helen Walton
Andrea, Kitty Corbett Powell, Sammy
Hamilton Shuck. Betty Hopper Turner,
and Janet Virginia Guild Colmore was
not with them this time. I enjoyed a lengthy
phone call with Florence Caven Crosnoe
She told me of the many accomplishments
of her grandchildren, but I was so busy chat-
ting that I failed to write them down. Marion
Brown Snider had a lens implant in her left
eye, but unfortunately developed an infection
in her good right eye, so has been grounded
for a while. However, she has had no recur-
rence of the cancer since her mastectomies
2 years ago. That's good news. She greatly
enjoyed President Hill's visit to Tampa, and
the later visit by Mitch Moore.
That's all tor this time. Please write when
you can so that I can pass your news on to
your classmates. Robert and I both send
regards to all.
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
1942
President: Ann Morrison Reams
Secretary: Polly Peyton Turner
Fund Agent: Florence Bagley Witt
Truly your replies lifted my heart! You
sent recollections ot last year's 50th and
happy mini-reunions since. However, there's
distressing news too, and I'll start with that.
With deep sadness I report the deaths ol 2
husbands; Kay Coggins Clark's Harry and
Douglas Woods Sprunt's Worth both
died in the lall ol 1 992 alter several months
01 tailing health. Both Kay and Dougie seem
to be coping valiantly. Thai's not easy; it's
hard work. I l<now. Kay had no plans except
she is sure she doesn't want to l<eep her
house. Dougie, who had visited Debbie
Wood Davis in NJ, also had a visit trom
Alice Sweney Weed in May. Together
they went to Richmond where they had lunch
at the VA Museum with Lucy Call Dabney,
Virginia McGuire Brent and Ann Bundy
Lewis, then on to SBC, and to Longwood
Gardens tor lunch with Eugle Burnett
Affel, and Debbie. Alice continued with a
visit to Debbie and on to CT to see her
daughter's family. All reported great fun,
ceaseless conversation, remembrances,
even a few songs! Eugie has been busy with
family, some real estate, and her 55th St.
Catherine's reunion where she, too, caught
up with Lucy Call Dabney. Lucy's young-
est son was married in May.
Another gala gathering was that of Elsie
DIggs Orr, Helen Sanford, Mil<e and
Betsy Gilmer Tremain, Bill and Sudie
Clark Hanger, Tom and Ann Hauslein
Potterfleld, Bill and Gege Moomaw Hall
at The Tides Inn in May. Helen says she
could get totally caught up in her volunteer
work as an interviewer at North Dallas
Shared Ministries, a food and financial as-
sistance center operated by 40 churches and
synagogues to serve the NW Dallas area.
Gege says all is well and just the same with
her lamily. The Potterfields spent a month in
Italy, including Sicily, in the spring. Ann is
thrilled to have a new granddaughter named
for her and was looking forward to a son's
wedding in Aug. and a daughter's in Sept.
Betsy attended the graduations from h.s. ot
2 granddaughters and scheduled their fam-
ily for a reunion in York, ME in July. On their
way home from Tides Inn, Sudie and Bill
caught up with Joe and Martha Buchanan
Wadsworth in Durham. The Hanger fam-
ily gathered at Sea Island for the 4th of July.
In April they welcomed their 19th grandchild.
Betty Hanger Lippincott plays a lot of
golf, is co-chair of a big hospital drive, presi-
dent of the Acorn Club, and active in church.
She and Sudie and Bill visited England and
she's off to Jamestown for the summer.
Tom and Toppin Wheat Crowell lead
pleasant lives on Nantucket and in
Charlottesville, cooking, swimming, dog
walking, making music, visiting with friends
and "yakking with each other." Toppin is
pleased and proud of both of her daughters.
After visiting her son and lamily in CA in
June, Chris and Jeanne Sawyer Standen
completed the summer at their island, vis-
ited by daughter and granddaughter (3).
Through the long winters they are busy in the
Kennebunk condo they love. Jeanne's 97 1/
2 yr-old mother is in a super nursing home
nearby. From Vineyard Haven Di Greene
Helfrich has traveled south to Baltimore and
north to ME as well as to her 55fh at Andover.
She is now a GREAT GRANDMOTHER
TWICE OVER!
Gordon and Laura Graves Howell
enioyed a camellia picnic on Edisto Island.
Gordon is working in his camellia green-
house again after recuperating from a huge
operation 11/92. Laura really did not leave
him alone for 4 mos. but now he is doing
well. From Charlottesville Laura's erstwhile
roommate. Si Waike Rogers, writes "I love
my retirement home. Such nice people, even
though my 94-yr-old friend beats me in
Scrabble." I, Polly, spent the weekend of my
grandson's UVA graduation with Si and can
attest that she is greatly beloved there at Our
Lady of Peace and rightly so for Si is a
maior force in making it into a caring com-
munity. When we went out to dinner, we ran
into Milton and Nancy Goldbarth Glaser
also attending their grandson's graduation!
Si visited her daughter in England, goes to
cardiac rehab, plays bridge, works with kids
and en|oys life. Speaking of retirement com-
munities, Todd and Barbara Ripley
Furniss are to move to Kendal-Crosslands,
a Quaker-run community in PA. Though they
hate to leave AZ, they are enjoying living in
a darling mobile home there and plan to re-
turn to if for a part of each year. Bobbie's
rheumatoid arthritis makes their move advis-
able Army Case Wendelken writes of her
"exciting life at the retirement community."
Margaret Leonard Proctor visits her
husband daily in a nursing home and addi-
tionally teaches a dyslexic student, is a lay
catechist, gardens, reads, paints and
keeps up with family and friends. Shirley
Hauseman Nordhem works in a literary
program, reads, and parficipales in water
aerobics. The Nordhems return to suburban
Chicago for part ol each summer. Shirley
and Alice King Harrison visited Dotty
Hutchings Donley and were treated to her
gourmet cooking as well as to a glimpse of
Frances Caldwell Harris Alice also vis-
ited her children and grand-children in KY
and CA Eddie Syska Peltier always en-
joys the Harrises' annual spring vacations in
Naples and their bridge games. Eddie her-
self look off for Chicago, Long Island, and
Martha's Vineyard this summer to visit her
children. The Harrises' 50fh wedding anniv.
was marked by a delightful trip to Williams-
burg. At home. Frances plays bridge, enter-
tains the handicapped and swims. She
traipsed to Washington fo see the Barnes Art
Collection and to northern Italy. The Harrises
took a house at Cashiers, NC for a family
time in Aug. They must have seen Bob and
Chookie Groves Martin who iusf moved
into their new house there and Charlie and
Dorothy Malone Yates who spend much
of the summer there.
Rene Mitchell Moore's husband
broke his back in the midst of preparations
for their daughter's wedding but was recov-
ered sufficiently to escort her to the altar and
to dance at the reception. Bambi Ryan was
off to NYC to visit friends, catch up on the
theatre, etc Margaret Preston Moore
writes that Ruthie Hensley Camblos
came and took Pres fo lunch on her birth-
day in March. Pres has been traveling to
Mexico, Russia and to grandson's gradua-
tion from FL State. This year Ruthie and Josh
are having a continuous celebration of their
50th wedding anniv., and had a happy time
at the 50fh anniv. of his medical school
graduation at Charlottesville. Also trom St.
Petersburg, Joanne Oberkirch Willis at-
tended 3 Elderhostels; St. Simon's Island,
Martha's Vineyard and Spring migration on
Cape Cod and was glad to get home after en-
joying her granddaughter's graduation in CT
and a visit with Daphne Withington
Adams. Also celebrating a 50th wedding
anniv. were Crosswell and Babbie Engh
Croft who treated all their children and their
spouses to a week's holiday at Eaton's
Ranch, WY, Bobbie's lile continues its pat-
tern of family, gardening, church, and win-
ter visits to AZ while Crosswell still goes fo
the office daily! Bill and Ginnie Wilkinson
Swanson celebrated their 50fh all year.
They sold their dream house on the lake and
are building in town.
What gadabouts we are! And isn't
it splendid that we CAN be? Margie
Troutman Harbin made a trip to Panama
and Costa Rica. Then she went with a group
of 10 to England including 4 days of walk-
ing on the Isle of Wight. Richard and Diana
Stout Allen took a fine cruise from FL to
Athens Peggy Cunningham Allen and
her husband cruised the Volga from
Moscow fo St. Petersburg. Those perennial
travelers RB and Rut Jacquot Tempest
journeyed to England, stayed at Bosworth
Hall, had amusing experiences at U
Women's Club in London, and a possibly
final visit fo Paris. Their son is moving from
there fo be LA Times Bureau Chief in Beijing.
Rut's granddaughter started Princeton. Good
news from Eloise English Davies
Rankin happily home-ported in a vacation
home on the water in Coronado. She and
Gene continue to travel widely: India includ-
ing a cruise from Bombay fo Singapore, and
a cruise fo AK. They are strongly supported
in this new, happy marriage by their friends
and 9 children.
I had a lovely time visiting Grace Bugg
Muller-Thym at her charming home in
Harford County, MD in May. Machall and
Betty Blackmer Childs came from An-
napolis fo spend the night, a special treat.
Grace went on to a Wingtield family gather-
ing in Williamsburg. Later she saw M'Alice
Bennett Baumberger, who spends pad of
her summers on LI, and says M'Alice looks
wonderful and so does Bittie Grumpier
Nolting whom Grace visited in June. This
was the first time they had seen one another
since sophomore year. Grace's visit was cut
short by word ol a robbery at her home. Af-
ter coping with that, Grace went to Cape Cod
to recover and visit her youngest daughter
and 2 grandchildren. She planned a trip to
Austria in Oct. Shaw and Jan Darby
Cranfield are ecstatic over their first grand-
child, a darling little girl! Greetings were sent
by several who claimed little change in their
lives; Grace Lanier Brewer, Jane Tay-
lor Lowell, Jean Hedley Currie, and
Nancy Davis Reynolds Finally, cheery
news Irom Florence Bagley Witt, happily
involved in church, community, and family,
especially plans for daughter Mary Alice's
Dec. wedding. Flossie wants to thank all of
you for supporting last year's fund drive
(64% participation from our class for a total
of $17,647). WE thank Flossie for HER ef-
forts, let's continue fo support her and SBC!
1946
President: Bea Dingwell Loos
Secretary: Polly Vandeventer Saundeis
Fund Agent: Wheats Young Call
Greetings, everyone. Thanks for your
cards and letters. Robin Evans Stroud and
John had plans for Italy and Provence and
were looking forward fo their eighth grand-
child Catherine Smart Grier s last child
was recently married. The family had a rol-
licking good time at the event with 100 per-
cent children, spouses, and grandchildren
present. She and Joe attended the American
Law Institute in O.C. where they saw Bea
Dingwell Loos. Catherine still enjoys her
harp. Louisa Lloyd, in D.C. area, works for
an elderly, physically handicapped lady. She
was going to Cape Cod for a family reunion.
Back in D.C. she planned fo participate in the
March for Jesus Betty Ann Bass Norris
had a delightful cruise fo AK on the
Sagafjord. Bass's Proclamation; Our class
owes a total thank-you fo the Alberts (Jean
Love) for their great supper party at their
farm. I agree. Thank you again and again
Jean and Jack. You have made our reunions
special Betsy Gurley Hewson writes Irom
"Paradise" (Merritt Island. FL) that they have
sold their CT house and are permanent resi-
dents in their heavenly land! Tom had a tricky
eye operation in NYC. Later they went to
Skyfop, PA. for a family reunion. After that
the fulfillment of a lifelong dream, a cruise
fo the Nonwegian fjords.
Palmer Holmes Mclntyre divides
her time between Atlanta and Cashier, NC.
She has 5 grandchildren between 18 and 2!
Her oldest won a scholarship to Tulane.
Palmer mentioned that Sarah McDuffie
Hardaway and Ben have a new house in
Cashier. My card from Marjorie Christian
Schley in Savannah kills me; There have
been no weddings, babies, or trips. So - No
News. Bob and I spent a night with Moe and
Dick recently. They live in one of Savannah's
lovely old houses on Oglethorpe Street (with
marble steps). I felt like Miss Scarlett in our
guest room. Moe sells real estate. Dick re-
tired from his pediatric practice. They have
4 "children" who are all doing very interest-
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ing things. I think we should know about our
student government president. She is so
modest. (I know because I roomed with her
for 4 yrs!) Mary Vinton Fleming returned
from a Scandinavian trip where her husband
Doug lectured aboard the Regina Renais-
sance. She is looking forward to Wistar
Watts King and Jack in Seattle en route
from AK IVIargo Sibley Lewis writes from
Austin, TX that her time at home is divided
between grandchildren, golf, hospital, and
church. However, how much time does she
spend at home? They have travelled recently
to all the corners of the U.S., Copper Can-
yon in IVIexico, Ottawa, upper New York, and
had a Caribbean cruise with 2 grandchildren!
Wistar Watts King mentions that they
have'10 grandchildren and an eleventh on
the way. I think that sets the grandchildren
record thus far. Wis how do you remember
all those birthdays?
Candy Greene Satterfield lives in
Nortolk in a lovely cozy townhouse. She and
I are in a bridge group with Rosie Ashby
Dashiell. Rosie is our expert. We love it to
piecesi Leila Fellner Lenagh had some
interesting travels scheduled. She planned
to visit her daughter Maddi and family in
Holland and then a seminar on calligraphy
in Belgium. Leila reiterates her offer to all
46ers to assemble our biographies (with
before and after snapshots) into an individual
scrapbook for posterity. Williams College
has successfully done this for their 50th re-
union Alumni. This is Leila's second offer
and a very generous one. A time consum-
ing task. Please write to her to express
your feelings about this protect. Her address:
fVlrs. Thomas Lenagh. 1 Brooksida Drive,
Westport, CT 06880-2559. Wally Evans
Landrum returned to SBC for her first time
since leaving in June 1 944 to transfer to The
U of Ky.: "It was a thrill - as beautiful as I
remembered and so much was familiar." One
son is a Presbyterian minister in IVIO, one
son has his own consulting business in Lou-
isville, and her daughter is a Ph.D. psycholo-
gist in Louisville. Wally laments that there
are no grandchildren. (Don't give up Wally.
Any one with connections with this class is
bound to have progeny. Their talents in this
field are superb.) Jean Love Albert and
Jack were to celebrate July 4 with all family
present. "I have been scrambling to find cub-
byholes to bed them all - can't wait!"
(Sounds like IVIrs. Rabbit!)
Bea Dingwell Loos enjoyed a fabu-
lous Smithsonian Ancient History tour to
Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Crete, and Greece this
spring. Our love and sympathy go to Bea on
the recent loss of her father, Ariana Jones
WIttke had a big (long?) 10 days with 3
grandchildren and parents from Flagstaff,
AZ, for Princeton reunion. Her daughter and
husband came for it from f\/ID Over and
above all those people there were 3 Labra-
dor retrievers Ade Jones Voorhees had
a memorable winter/spring '93. Her daugh-
ter, Sarah, had a very serious but success-
ful operation in Boston. Her number 5
grandson was born in Annapolis and their
old house in Kilmarnock was on the Virginia
Garden Week tour. Flo Cameron Crichton
and John have sold their San Francisco
house since his retirement. San Antonio is
now their main residence. Pat Thompson
Bennett retired from Daytona Beach Com-
munity College as an English instructor for
31 years. Last semester she taught one
course in Literature By Women. The summer
will find her family exchanging houses with
a family in Heidelberg. She plays tennis and
is taking a course in creative writing.
Lynn Hannah Crocker and Ken went
to S. America for 9 1/2 weeks as volunteers
for the International Executive Service Corps.
Ken was advising food companies. They
were in Quito, Guayaguilla, Cuenca, Ambato
and IWachala - all in Ecuador. They took
many side trips and met lots of people.
Christmas was fantastic, but New Years was
like July 4! Since then they have enjoyed
boating down the Chesapeake Bay with
daughter Cami (SBC '71 ) and her daughter
(SBC 2003). Their other daughter. Con (SBC
'75) lives nearby in north NJ. She recently
talked to Betsy McKeon Scott. I had a
geography lesson on Ecuador and on
Churchill t^anitoba where Ellen Bobbins
Red and fellow birdwatchers were looking
for a pink gull called Ross' gull. There was a
pair and they saw them! The Hudson Bay was
frozen solid, a lovely memory in Houston's
July heat. I have a copy of "our" author's
book "Early Days on the Bayou." It is a bi-
ography of Ellen's great-grandfather who
settled in Houston in 1838. He was very
much involved in the development of Hous-
ton. Anyone is welcome to borrow my copy.
Ellen's roomie Helen Murchison
Lane wrote a great letter and enclosed a
newspaper picture of 8 children under 6 (one
a baby). They are the star boarders of
grandma and grandpa who put them up
while parents were abroad. "We are glad we
did it, but it seemed like a lot of very young
children!" There were 3 new grandchildren
this past yr. Now there are 9! Last fall the
Lanes had a great trip walking in the
Pyrenees, In Aug. they planned a North Cape
cruise aboard the Viking Sun and another
walking trip in Oct in Provence. The Chan-
cel Choirs of Luray and Asbury United t^/leth-
odist Churches combined in May for "a great
day of singing ' Helen Graeff Ellerman
was one of the directors. Graeff retired from
Asbury as minister of music but has contin-
ued to serve in same capacity at the Luray
church. Caroline Rudolph Sellers writes
from IVIontgomery that she discovered a cure
for arthritis. Just invite anyone to spend a
week or 2 at the beach with 6 grandchildren
under 1 and no domestic help. You get so
limber you forget all about arthritis! Their
condo at Destin is the magnet for family
gatherings.
Wheats Young Call, our gung ho
fund agent, reports that we contributed al-
most $25,000 and were well over 70 percent
participation. Wheats' enthusiasm is conta-
gious whether on the tennis court, church
circle, or raising money for SBC! Thank you.
Wheats (we both live in Newport News). Bob
and I have our first grandchild. He is Joseph
Braden Saunders, born in Hong Kong in
April. I have been a Schnauzer person for so
long I have had to get with babies all over
again. We are house swapping in Sept. with
an English couple from Sidmouth (Devon),
England. Here's a message I received on a
card: "We must have hope-faith-understand-
ing-courage-humility. ..and lunch together
sometime soon!." I wish we could all have
lunch together sometime soon. Incidentally,
have you all noticed how far back we are in
this magazine? We are getting to be vener-
able. Wow!
1950
President: Jean Probeck Wiant
Secretary: Sally Bianchi Foster
Fund Agent: Joan (Jo) Gulick Grant,
Ann BelserAsher
Couched request for news in the form of
a list of Class of '50 nicknames to be identi-
fied Bill Bailey Fritzinger says she
flunked the test. And she a 2-yr. Class
President! "Who is Kata?" Bill is still organic
farming on that VT mountain. Lola
Steele Shepherd queries. "Could Kata be
Katharine Edwards?" Lola keeps busy physi-
cally with hiking and skiing, mentally with
C-Span B.G. Elmore Gilleland wrote,
"Know all the names but Kata." She corrected
and identified Grem (not Grim) Fisher
Handforth as her 1st freshman roommate
in what is now a single in Grammer. B.G.
shared a reunion at Sturbridge Village (IVIA)
last spring with Diana Dent and Merry
Moore Lynn. After that she and Guy went
to Scandinavia and Russia. In IVIoscow their
home stay was changed 4 times (no hot
water!) "Ended up with nice gal and son (8)
but communication limited to sign language
and Russian-English dictionary. We left feel-
ing very blessed to live in the U.S." Bev
Benson Seamans (good nomiker for
someone living on the IVlarblehead, (VIA har-
bor) also knew Grem with whom she
roomed. She continues to be a professional
sculptor, rendering animals, birds and chil-
dren in bronze for gardens and fountains
And finally. I did[)eat from Kata Edwards
Crain who lives in Longview. TX. Her
daughter lives in Dallas and son in Houston.
Mary Waller Berkeley Ferguson
listed some other nicknames: "The Class of
'50 had its share of cutsie names. Presto,
Todie, Bill, Fan, t\/lo. Ackie. Dain. Peachey,
Hot. Sand. Tink, and Bebe!" Outside of her
new kitchen floor. Waller had to fall back on
news of Mary Nelson Swiggett, who has
sold the sailboat and moved to VT and 'laken
up every land sport you can think of." Natu-
rally the top name-identifier was Ann
Preston Vick. hardly a surprise since Preso
is also our best authority on step-song lyr-
ics. Her twin sons graduated this year, John
(U.VA) is teaching French in NH boarding
school while Tal (Stetson) is offering his
English and business major to the real world.
And speaking academically, Nancy Drake
Maggard received an MA in Spiritual
Direction from General Theological Semi-
nary in NYC this past IWay. Helen Missires
Lorenz, chairman of the Hockaday School
(Dallas) Foreign Language Department has
completed her 3 yr, appointment to the Col-
lege Board A. P. French Test Development
Committee. Helen has been a Hockaday
faculty member for 22 years.
Several classmates have taken part in
Elderhostel programs. B.G. Elmore
Gilleland was in Scandinavia while
Henrietta Hill Hubbard recently returned
from Lake Garda, Italy She and husband
Charles also recommend the Jekyll Island
programs Nancy Storey White and Ed
spent a month this past summer at the
International School in Cambridge. "I'm still
studying English Lit Miss Ramage and Dr.
Nelson must be pleased!" In Sarasota, Nancy
volunteers with the Friends of Selby Public
Library. She attended the 150th anniv. of her
Columbus, GA elem, school, a celebration
which Barbara Golden Pound '47 was instru-
mental in promoting. Mary Dame Stubbs
Brand's husband Doug went to school in
Viriville. France last spring for 1 wk. allow-
ing Mary Dame to drive thru the Dauphice
region. This past winter included an ID ski
trip. Pat Owens Purvis and Tom spent pari
of the summer en|oying the walks, flowers
and architecture of England. A new
California-born grandchild was born to her
daughter, Lisanne '78. Lou Moore had a
"spectacular" trip across Western Canada.
(By the '94 notes, Bob and I will have done
same.) Joan Teetor Marder seems to yo-
yo from coast to coast visiting grandchildren,
although home is happily AZ these days.
Bonnie Loyd Crane also does a lot of
grandparent visiting in Germany. Her son
Matthew, Ph.D. from U Va. was married near
Charlottesville. Bonnie visited SBC in April
lor Friends of Art Board Meeting. (Ewald
Symposium) Her daughter Amanda is finish-
ing up an MA in Visual Anthropology (film)
at use Susan Tucker Yankee s daugh-
ter Ellen, a clinical psychologist, participated
in the U of MD overseas extension teaching
program in Tokyo.
Julia Freels Chwauk wrote a very
personal account of Hurricane Andrew.
"Sept. 23 - no phone, lost most of 30-yr. old
black olive and avocado trees. Eight adults
working 8 a.m. -7 p.m. with 3 saws. Pumps
going, tiles off roof - but aren't we lucky. I
can bake potatoes on grill." A resilient group,
these '50ers Trish Denning Love, twice
widowed, has recently married George
Corpening Love. Jr.. making her Judge Love
on the Chief District Court of Orange-
Chatham, NO. Three sons are also attorneys
and one in electronics. Her 7 grandchildren
finally produced some girls for her. After 10
yrs. in NC Legislature, Trish has been a
judge for 12. She visits with Anne Green
Pangels regularly. Continuing the legal
news, Dotsy Woods Lefts reports her hus-
band Gavin is still on the FL 4th District
Court of Appeals, Her daughter Sophie re-
ceived her MBA. Dotsy visited the Open at
Muirfield this summer. And Jane Lewis
Zollicoffer is also on the golf circuit as well
as volunteering as a tutor in the Henderson,
NC public schools. Garland Hunter
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
Davies mentioned meeting Jane and
Frances Martin Lindsay during a golt
tourney in VA. B.T. Todd Landen proudly
announced a reduction in her golt tiandicap
of 6 strokes thanks to a golt school visit. If
she hits the ball like she played the grand
slams, she must be a whiz.
Not to be outdone, the tennis group re-
ported in as well Dottie Barney Hoover
plays tennis as well as continuing her hook-
ing, not only in CT but at her new Hilton
Head home. Think I'll call Anne IVIcNeer
Blanken right now and finish our 10-11 set
from 1992. Anne retired from 22 1/2 yrs. of
public school secretarial work in Jan. She
and Ed took a 3-wk. vacation in Scotland and
met roommate Joe Gulicl( Grant and Bill
in London for dinner. Kind of awesome ain't
it, these overseas reunions after all these
years! Closer to home I can offer a Buffalo
meeting if anyone's Interested as daughter
Kate having received her doctorate from
Princeton in June is now a full fledged pro-
fessor of Urban Studies at SUNY-Buffalo.
Hey, stay alive til '95.
1954
President: IVIary Jane Roos Fenn
Secretary: Bruce Watts Krucke
Fund Agent: Faith Rahmer Croker
As they say, there's some good news
and some bad news. Most sadly, the class
sends its condolences to the family of Jean
Gillespie Walkerwho died July 30 at their
home on Sea Island Her cancer had recurred
in April. She will be especially remembered
for her hard and tireless work for SBC and
her many generous contributions. She was
devoted to Sweet Briar and the class of 1 954
will miss her greatly.
On a happier note, Stiirley Poulson
Hooper was married Feb. 20 in Baltimore
to Norris Broyles. Norris (widower of the late
Sally Anderson Broyles, SBC '53) was one
of Shirley's late husband. Gil's, roommates
at UVa. The families had kept up all these
years and Shirley and Norris renewed their
friendship at the 1992 40th reunion in
Charlottesville. Kirkland Tucker Clarkson,
SBC '53, and her husband. Jack, who was
also one of the original 3 roommates, are
taking credit for the match making! A good
example of why you should keep up the old
school ties. You can do that next spring at
the class of 1954's 40th reunion. This is a
real biggie for Sweet Briar and we hope you'll
all make every effort to come. You'll be hear-
ing more soon - probably before you read
this in fact!
Joan Potter Bickel and Henry had
visits from Beverly Smith Bragg and
the tVlemphls bunch (Betty Gene Orr
Atkinson, Peaches Davis Roane, and
Sissy IVIorris Long) during Derby week.
Joan and Henry took a trip up the (Vlissis-
sippi on the Delta Queen in Sept. with her
sister and visited Sally Bumbaugh in
Ocean City last fall. Sally expects Ann
Henry Lake and Bill this fall. Ocean City is
just across from Atlantic City so she'll take
you in when you lose your shirt. Sissy's
husband's retirement starled out with help-
ing children move, babysitting grandchil-
dren, and a son's wedding. He hopes to rest
soon. They wrote glowingly of visits with
Helen Smith Lewis and Meri Hodges
Major in Virginia Anne Sheffield Hale
and Lamar Ellis Oglesby helped Sissy
with her babysitting crises in Atlanta. The
Longs. Atkinsons, and Roanes have taken
several trips together - proving those girls
do do more than lunch! I'm always mention-
ing their get-togethers, but they are all ac-
tive in the community as well. And speaking
of Anne Sheffield Hale, her husband.
Bradley, is now on the SBC Board. Anne
looks fon/vard to seeing more of the campus
and other alums.
It was nice to hear from a lew new
voices Logan Bentley Lessona, our
class Contessa, writes from Rome where she
works for Time. I should say worked since
F/meclosed its Rome bureau last fall. Logan
didn't say what her plans were, but was dis-
couraged by the expense of living in Rome.
Logan dislikes flying so hasn't visited the
States since 1 987. They have a daughter, 25.
Anne Allen Pflugfelder has moved to
Ponte Vedra Beach, PL. Ann May Via is
into beagling and fox hunting with the Farm-
ington Packs out of Charlottesville. Our son,
Kurt, is the Huntsman (in charge of the pack)
here for the IVIiddleton Hounds. Mary Hill
Noble Caperton now has 10 grand and
step-grandchildren. Because her children
mostly married childhood friends from
Charlottesville, they come back often to visit.
Peggy Jones Steuart writes that all
but one of her 5 children are married and
they have 4 grands. They get together a lot
at their summer place on the Potomac. She
is still president of the All Hallows Guild of
the National Cathedral. (There are 6 SBC
Alums on her Board.) She sees Doreen
Booth Hamilton a lot since Doreen is the
president of the Friends of the Arboretum in
Washington. Peggy serves on that board
also. The All Hallows Guild is responsible
tor the beautification, maintenance, and
preservation of the gardens and grounds of
the National Cathedral. They will be featured
in an upcoming issue of Southern Accents.
They run a myriad of things as fund raisers.
Anne Hale is very active with the National
Cathedral Association in Atlanta. Peggy sees
Vaughan Inge Morrissette at Mount
Vernon where Vaughan is a Regent and in
Lexington where Vaughan and Guy Steuart
are trustees. With 4 sons and a daughter-in-
law all W & L grads as well, the Steuarts are
in Lexington a lot. She still takes classical
piano lessons, gives garden club talks on
English, French and Italian gardens using
her own slides, and has gone modern with
her own computer, printer, copier and FAX
machines at home. Her children gave her a
trip to England to a gardening school for her
birthday.
Margie Morris Powell, after 30 years
as a volunteer, has taken a job as exec, sec-
retary for the Maryland House and Garden
Pilgrimage. She says: Come see Maryland!
America in Miniature! I forgot to say that
Shirley and Norris Broyles, our newlyweds,
live in Atlanta Margaret Davison Block,
Betty Walker Dykes, and Lamar Ellis
Oglesby, have seen her several times and
say she's as beautiful as ever, although, like
many of us. her blond hair has gotten "con-
siderably lighter! Ruth Sanders Smith
and Norman spend about one week each
month at their place in PL. Their recently
married son lives there also. For their 40th
anniv. they are planning a trip to Australia
and New Zealand in Nov.
Bill and I bought ourselves an advance
40th present of a zebra skin (Is there a skin
anniv.?) on our 5th trip back to South Africa
this past Aug. I took tons of pictures to use
for my paintings. The animal paintings are
finally getting some recognition - 1 even won
a prize at the Virginia Beach Board Walk Art
Show in June. I was thrilled since that is now
the largest and oldest outdoor art show in the
East with 450 exhibitors. Our only other
news is that Bill was retired last Oct. and then
went to work for a former customer a month
later with an office here at home, which takes
some adjusting to, if you know what I mean.
Also we finally have a grandchild - Carl and
Lynn had a wonderful daughter in May.
Beverly Smith Bragg is back from a
research trip to England. They also went to
Germany where she found the drama of the
dismantled wall and Checkpoint Charlie
overwhelming Caroline Chobot Garner
and Thom are ofticially retired as of July 1 ,
and have moved to New Bern, NC. We know
they'll be at our reunion next May 27-29,
because their son will be married in Lynch-
burg the following weekend. Let's hope you'll
all be there too' (Late news: We wisti a
speedy recovery to Joan Potter Bickel
wlio suffered a stroke recently.)
1958
President: Eleanor Humphreys
Schnabel
Secretary: Jane Shipman Kuntz
What a time we had at SBC for our 35th
Reunion; what we lacked in numbers we
made up in enthusiasm! Nineteen class
members returned, several with spouses. It
was especially nice to see some who had
never attended or not for many years.
Marcia Jones Currie, who runs a family
farm in Chatham, IL, was recently widowed.
Everyone was delighted to see her. Another
recent widow who attended was Peggy
Fossett Lodeesen, Bethesda. MD. Since
Peggy teaches Latin at Sidwell Friends
School, where Chelsea Clinton is a student,
everyone besieged her with questions about
the 'first daughter," her answers were favor-
able. Both classmates have our sympathy.
The biggest news was that our class made a
gift to the College of $57,780 with 68.1%
participation! Our thanks to each of you who
answered the call from co-chairs Winnie
Leigh Hamlin and Eleanor Cain Pope
Although Elizabeth Gallo Skladal
did not make it to reunion, she met old
friends Linda MacPherson Gilbert and
George, Celia Loving Richeson, Betty
Phillips Sanford and Kathryn Spencer
Pixley ('63) on SB campus for lunch in June.
Betty and George, who live in Anchorage,
AK. visited the North Slope 8/92 and stood
beside the Arctic Ocean - a real thrill. Their
twin granddaughters, (4 on Christmas Eve),
live in Hillsboro, OR: their youngest son
works lor Southwestern Bell in Houston.
Beedy Tatlow Ritchie moved into a new
condo in Los Angeles and continues to love
her work in the entertainment field. Chad, 31 .
directs sports marketing for Tiffany & Co. in
NYC: Hank, 28, relocated to S. CA with EDS.
and Laura is in law school at USE. Betty
Rae Sivalls Davis and Paul, Midland, TX,
took a birding and nature tour to China. They
anticipate their third grandchild in the fall.
Sally Kendall Bundy, Beaumont, TX,
is CO owner of a REIMAX real estate agency
and "happily and compulsively" works 12-
hr days. At a 60th birthday party for husband
Howard, who is nearly retired, the Bundys
entertained SBC alums Lyndall Dyer,
Ann Corbusier Coates and Carol Turner
Crosthwaite ('57). The Bundys' 3 children are
"out of the nest " Bell Tucker Dudley,
Corpus Christi, TX, had a reunion with Judy
Kingman Driskell and Tom in Canton,
OH. last summer. Bell and Judy had not seen
each other since 1957! Adele Scott
Caruthers is buying a townhouse in Santa
Fe, NM. Her daughter Susanna was married
in Boston. Adele continues as a hand thera-
pist and does watercolor landscape painting.
Elizabeth "Biffy" Fairfield Creighton
writes that after 20 yrs. of teaching 1st grade
she is about to retire. She and Norman, who
live in Carthage, MO, have 3 daughters, all
out of college: two have master's degrees,
one as a counselor and the other in science.
Their third daughter is taking the CPA exam.
Biffy plans to spend a lot of time with her 2
granddaughters, age 2 and 1 . and help with
their cow/calf operation in SW MO
Such fun to see Cornelia Long
Matson at reunion after many yrs. She and
Dick went to France in June for the huge Vin
Expo in Bordeaux - 50,000 buyers and
wines from all over the world. The Matsons,
who live in Osprey, FL, will spend Aug. and
Sept. in Paris then Cornelia will return home
to close her 10 yr. old business. Antiques de
Provinces. They look fonward to birth of their
first grandchild in Feb. Annie Laurie
Lanier Samuels and Harvey live in
Mansfield, LA: Annie Laurie enjoys having
her only child, Ben, in her business. Ben has
a lovely wife Rhonda. Everyone was pleased
to see Marian Martin Harrison, Atlanta,
at reunion: she rejoices in being grand-
mother to Lauren Boyce Jennings, 9 mo.,
daughter of Mary and Jim Jennings. She and
husband Paul had a wondertui trip to Tur-
key. It's been a long time since Julia
McCullough Shivers wrote! In 1992, she
took an "amazing trip to China with son Olin
Shivers, a guest lecturer at the Univ. of Hong
Kong." This yr. she was in Houston for the
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birthdays of 2 granddaughters, daughters of
Julia and James Cusaci(. Julia also went to
tVlexico with daughter tVlary and Kevin
O'Gara. When Julia is in Atlanta, she sells
real estate. She plans to attend Stuart and
Lynn Crosby Gammill's daughter's wed-
ding in Hattiesburg later this yr. - a mini SBC
reunion and she will hear all about our 35th
since Lynn attended.
Ruth Carpenter Pitts, Birmingham,
AL, writes; "With 5 grandchildren in
Birmingham and all wives teaching, I'm con-
stantly with a baby or 2 under wing. Daugh-
ter Berrie has Ruth Berrien (5 1/2); son Bill
has William (2), and IVIaggie (7 mos.); son
Charlie has Charlie (3), and Elizabeth (6
mos ) Betsy McCutcheon Williams,
Columbia, SC, is studying for a master's in
library science while worl<ing full-time in Bill
Pope's law firm. (Bill is Eleanor Cain Pope's
husband.) She and her son-in-law John
Kassebaum, Elizabeth's husband, will gradu-
ate in Dec; he in law. Betsy's daughter Lucy
married Henry Sackett last spring. Winnie
Leigh Hamlin seemed remarkably relaxed
at reunion considering all the excitement in
her family - 2 weddings in 6 weeks! Winnie
and Davis' youngest son Frank married
Sarah Armstrong 5/1 , in Richmond. Frank is
marketing manager for Arista Records in
Nashville. The Hamlins' oldest son Jeff mar-
ried Sutton Stephens, 6/1 2, in Dallas. Jeff is
in the Leaders for fylanufacturing program at
IVIIT and will receive an MBA and a ti/lasters
of Engineering in June; from May through
Dec. he will work for Motorola, a program
sponsor, in Boynton Beach, FL.
Ann Plumb Duke and Bob moved
from CA to Germantown, TN, since Bob
retired from the Chaplain Corps after 30 yrs,;
he is now minister of Farmington Presbyte-
rian Church. Their youngest son will be a sr.
at Chapman Univ. in CA. The Dukes' older
son Robert is married and lives in Dallas;
middle son Ned will finish up at Memphis
State Emma "Woody" Coggeshall
Nock, Darlington, SC, was sorry to miss
reunion since she has not been on campus
in 36 years! Although she has a master's in
educ. Woody is not teaching now; "I am
resting, doing yard work and painting the
house - all is very well with me." Dorothy
"Poogie" Wyatt Shields, Alexandria, VA,
is spending the year being "both friend and
authority figure" (very difficult combination!)
to pregnant women in transitional housing.
Eleanor Humphrey Schnabel and I
were "roomies" at reunion. Her husband
Hank was named Curator for the Diplomatic
Reception Rooms at the U. S. Dept. of State
as well as Curator of Blair House. Eleanor is
getting her MFA at the Univ. of Richmond
and living with daughter Liza who is also a
student at U. of R. In July, Eleanor had a
fellowship to study at Reynolda House in
Winston Salem, NC. She eventually plans to
teach. The Schnabels' older daughter Ellie
lives in the Boston area and is in fund-
raising; she also is an avid sailor. They had
a family reunion at Chatham on Cape Cod
in Aug.
Joan Nelson Bargamin, Richmond,
VA, is grandmother to Alexis Morgan
Bargamin, about 6 mos. Joan is very in-
volved in the antiques business - has a
space in an antiques mall and travels to flea
markets Louise Dunham Williams and
Joan attend the museum plays together and
try to have lunch occasionally. Louise and
Harold anticipate the birth of their first grand-
child to their son Harold and his wife in At-
lanta. The younger Willams see Edward and
Patricia Williams Twohy's daughter and son
in law, who also live in Atlanta.
Fun to see Mary Johnson Campbell
and David at reunion. They had entertained
Mother and me at dinner last Sept. when we
were in Richmond for the big alumnae week
end - which was fabulous. Mary always
makes life seem so simple; at that time she
was on her way to NYC to take furniture to
her recently married daughter Wendy. Their
son David just got out of the Navy. Shirley
McCallum Davis and husband Gene
added a lot to the reunion festivities. They
moved to Alexandria, VA, since Shirley has
taken a position with the national office of
PBS. Gene, an English professor, took many
photos at reunion.
Julie Boothe Perry missed reunion
because she attended a niece's wedding in
Richmond thatweekend. Husband Charlie is
a consultant since he retired from law. The
Perrys divide their time between ME and
GA; Julie is doing "landscaping for a living"
as well as writing and taking photographs.
Their daughter Katherine lives in Dara/in,
Australia, where her husband is studying for
a PhD. in zoology: son Army and wife, in
Atlanta, have 2 children; younger daughter
Robin works for an animal rights group in
Rockville, MD. Ceci Dickson Banner,
Leesburg, VA, writes that her daughter Becky
just received her DVM from Tuskegee Univ.
and will practice on Anguilla, BWI.
The College sent a clipping from the
Trenton, NJ, Times, dated 12/4/92, about
the Mimi Garrard Dance Theater's
performance at Princeton Univ. Mimi and
her husband Jim Seawright, director of
Princeton's Visual Arts Dept., have been col-
laborating for several years on computer-
composed lighting, and Mimi received an
NEA grant to work on it. Bravo. Mimi!
Ruth Mackie Gabay and Ken,
Mendham, NJ, were a delightful addition to
the reunion. The Gabays' younger son Mat-
thew will study engineering at Duke Univ. on
an NROTC program. Their older son Mark
returned, after 5 yrs. with the Navy and
graduate school - an MBA in operations
management: he works for Hoffman LaRoche
Pharmaceutical Co. Jean Lindsay de
Streel and Quentin will visit Quentin's
mother in Europe in Aug.; also their daugh-
ter Margaret who is with the news dept. of
The Wall Street Journal Europe \f) Brussels.
Besides teaching ESL, Jean volunteers with
the Lehigh Valley Hospice; she has 2
Gordon Setters that are qualified therapy
dogs so they also visit nursing homes.
Quentin is director of the Wood-Ridge
Memorial Library in NJ, near the Meadow-
lands. The de Streels live in Easton, PA.
Carol McClave Mercner continues to
garner professional awards : she was named
1993 Cooperative Communicator by the
Nat'l Council of Farm Cooperatives. Con-
gratulations! Carol lives in West Chester, PA
but has bought land in Venice, FL, tor a re-
tirement home Marsha Taliaferro Gillis
in May, 1 992, the day after her daughter Vir-
ginia graduated from Skidmore, received her
PhD in clinical psychology from UVa. In
9/92 she started a 2 year program as an
Neuropsychology Fellow in the Department
of Psychiatry, Boston City Hospital. Marsha
says it is very exciting work. When Marsha
married John Gillis 9 yrs. ago, they became
the parents of 6 children - 5 of Marsha's and
1 of John's. They now also have 4 grandchil-
dren - (hers) - 2 boys and 2 girls.
Ina Hamilton Hart, Kingsville, OH,
continues her Presbyterian ministry. Her
youngest son Fred, a '92 Miami Univ. gradu-
ate, is studying for a Masters of Educ. at John
Carroll Univ. in Cleveland. This summer Ina
returned to her hometown of Greenwood,
Miss., to visit old friends she had re con-
nected with last summer, after 20 yrs. Ina is
planning a trip to Kenya and Tanzania in Jan.
Armistead Burwell, husband of Ethel
Ogden Burwell, should be made an hon-
orary member of our class; he once again
attended reunion and had as much fun as all
of us! Daughter Lisa BunA/ell Reichard ('84)
and Glenn have a son Andrew, 3, and a
daughter Mary Elisa, 1 . Daughter Ethel ('82)
married Benjamin Dowling of Suffolk, VA, in
Upperville, VA, in Oct. Son Armistead gradu-
ated from UVa in May and is off to Atlanta to
work. The Burwells are also involved in ad-
ditions and renovations to their home in
Grosse Pointe, Ml.
I wish I could share all the notes and
comments from the questionnaires. Every-
one enjoyed the scrapbook and it is avail-
able to all in the beautiful new alumnae office
on campus. Others who attended reunion
were Lynn Crosby Gammill, Tibby
Moore Gardner, Dotsie Woods
McLeod, Dianne Chase Monroe,
Molly Archer Payne, Stephanie Butan
Profaci, Mary Lane Bryan Sullivan,
and Patricia Williams Twohy. We
stayed in Carson, which is now air-
conditioned, fire-proofed and well-
decorated. You have to see it to believe it!
Eddie and I took my mother (Martha
McBroom Shipman, '31) to Burke, VA, to
spend Christmas with Martha and Don
Schenck and their 2 adorable daughters
Katie, 4-1/2 and Lauren, 2-1/2. A highlight
of the trip was a visit with all the Schnabels
at the State Dept. Martha is director of a pri-
vate day care center in Old Town Alexandria;
Don teaches at the State Dept. school in
Lorton. Eddie and I spent July 4th with Lee
and Bob Eckerman in Clarksville, TN; their
darling Scottie is 3-1/2. Anne is full-time
bereavement counselor with Hospice of Day-
ton and is taking her master's in mental
health counselling at Wright State Univ. I
continue to be active in the Garden Club of
Dayton and at my Episcopal church. I am
trying to establish myself as a professional
freelance writer and did several pieces last
year. All of us were together at Mother's
cottage at Columbus Beach Club, Ml, this
summer. I had a grand trip to NYC in Nov.
with a group from Dayton Opera. The big-
gest project of the year, outside of a new roof
and remodelling the kitchen, was the Kuntz
family reunion. 209 of Eddie's cousins con-
gregated in Dayton in Aug., from 90 yrs, to
3 wks. old. Thank you again for your news.
The Class of 1 958 is filled with remarkable
women and it is my privilege to chronicle
your accomplishments.
1962
President: Jocelyn Palmer Connors
Secretary: Parry Ellice Adam
Fund Agent: Patsy (Marie) Carney
Reed
Anne Allen Symonds is building a
house in Crested Butte, CO. Oldest son is a
graduate architectural student at Rice. Her
2nd son is writing for the G-7 Daily Briefing
in Washington Juliette Anthony has writ-
ten Healing Words: Affirmations lor Adult
Children of Abusive Parente(technically) co-
authored by psychologist Steven Farmer and
published by Ballanfine Books which has
sold 1 5,000 copies. She is now working on
a book called The Dad who does Wonderful
f^om Things. Martha Baum Sikes con-
tinues to work as an attorney representing 5
county welfare departmenfs in GA, concen-
trating on child abuse and neglect cases. She
was also elected to her 4th term on her
county's Board of Ed. Son Matthew still
works for Sen Sam Nunn. Daughter Suzanne
graduated from Converse in '92 and com-
pleted a semester of Appalachian Studies at
Union Coll., Barbourville, KY while working
as an apprentice to a nurse/midwife.
Laura Connerat Lawton's son Free-
man Jelks was married 9/92. He and Heather
live in Alexandria, VA while he works In
Washington. Daughter Lolly Jelks received
an M.A. from UVA and lives in Lynchburg.
Stepdaughter Sarah Lawton graduated from
St. Catherine's in June where she met An-
drew Stuckey, son of Millie Anderson
Stuckey, from St. Christopher's. Laura and
Spencer live in Savannah where she is teach-
ing in college Douglas Dockeiy Thomas
and her husband traveled to France and then
joined a Harvard group in Russia. Son Will
is a sr. at Stanford and captain of varsity
crew. That destination has kept Douglas in
close touch with Mary Layne Shine
Gregg and Bob. Son Keith is a jr. at St.
Paul's, involved in singing and acting. From
Scotland, Louise Durham Purvis has had
a busy year. Three of her children were mar-
ried within 6 mos. Robert, the youngest,
married Heidi whom he met at Oxford. He
has begun a teaching career at Wellington
College. Emily married Tom Daniel, also
from Oxford, who is attending Harvard Busi-
ness School. Her eldest, Elizabeth, married
a young man from Zagreb, Croatia in Oct.
He is a computer engineer and Elizabeth
works for Scottish television while living in
London.
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
Mig GarrJty Sturr has expanded her
teaching of folk art painting of furniture and
antigues, Dixon's health is not the best,
Dixanne is doing social work in Philadelphia.
Sharon works for the city of Newport News
doing salaried hiring. Dara is in her jr. year
in educ. at Lynchburg Coll. t\/lig is in touch
with Colette Carozza Volpe. and would
love to hear from you. Jean Gilliland
Elliots son James graduated from W&L '93
with double major in English and Music and
continues to live in Lexington, Brook
Hamilton MacKinnon and Gillis cel-
ebrated their 1 St anniv 6/30. His children are
Katherine 26, Virginia 24, and Luther IV 16.
Brooke's son Hunter 26 is in film production
in L.A. Brooke is teaching English to Speak-
ers of other Languages in Cobb County, GA
as well as SLA. instructional enrichment to
lower achieving students. Peg Pulls
Herrick and Bob enjoy island life on Cedar
Key. PL restoring their 1 00 yr. old Victorian
house. She continues her painting and is a
part time post baccalaureate student at the
College of Art. U. of PL, Nancy Hudler
Keuffel enjoys her role as Pres, of the Alum-
nae Assoc, and the interaction if involves,
Fontaine Hotter Minor, Philip and
daughter Heather had a fabulous trip to the
Wimbledon finals.
Gary Lamond Courier has been a
pension consultant for 9 yrs. and since '89
with First Pension Corp. in Orange, CA. She
is a member of the Board of Directors, LA,
lAPP and a representative at SPL lAPP in Pf,
Lauderdale in '93. Caribbean travel seems to
agree with her Peggy Johnson Laney and
Jim both won Interior Design awards from
the TN ASID in Dec. Daughters Margaret, an
artist in Brooklyn. Mabs flying and a Mas-
ters student, and Jessica, "a permanent imp."
Dru McEachern Martin is in administra-
tion at Charleston Day School. Son Will
graduated from Duke in '92 and is on the
US. Olympic sailing team in the Pinn class.
He competed in the Worlds in N. Ireland.
Daughter Ellie graduated cum laude from
Davidson '93 and was at the Bread Loaf
School of English in Middlebury, VT last
summer. She is teaching at Foxcroft. Celia
Mendoza reports from Honduras that she
is still involved in the family business. She
frequents Philadelphia where youngest son
Patrick is a freshman at U. of PA. Katherine
graduated from Wharton '92.
Puddin Newbury Lansing look 2
Elderhostel trips this summer, one on a 95'
ketch off the coast of Maine, and another to
Nova Scotia and the Bay of Pundy. Anne
Parker Schmalz works 3 days a week as
a visiting nurse in New Haven. Her tree time
is spent at the Crosby Conservatory in
Edgerton Park informing school children of
environmental concerns. Husband Bob. an
attorney, finished his Masters in religious
studies at Hartford Seminary. Her 4 children
have all left the nest. Kim Patmore Cool
travels constantly with her ice-judging work
and promoting her books. Needlepoint tmm
Start to Finisli and Barjello from Start to Fin-
ish are selling very well. Kim has sold her
Cleveland home and is building a house in
Venice. PL Pat Perkins Wolverton
bought a gift, toy and stationery shop in May.
Daughter Julie is attending Midwestern State
U. in Wichita Palls. Grandson Ross Alan was
born to son Alan and Andrea Wolverton in
May Nancy Powell French s daughter
Heidi was married 8/91 in Jenks. OK. Ann
Ritchey Baruch attended the wedding of
Alice Allen Smyth's son Jordan Also
there were Betsy Gate Pringle and John,
Ray Henley Thompson and Mike, and
Mina Walker Wood and Robert. Ann is
the vice president of the Board of Trustees
at the Havertord School, her 8th yr. on the
board Barby Ross Goode became a
grandmother to William Goode White 2/93.
Daughter Amy works for Johnson and
Higgins insurance brokers. "David and I are
fine, but OLD."
Mary Jane Schroeder Oliver hap-
pily reports that Loren's retirement as ot Mar.
1 finds him in much improved health. He is
preparing for a retrospective exhibition run-
ning from 9/2 to 10/24. Son Jasper is a sr.
at the College of Wooster as an English
major and Violin Pertormance minor. Mary
Jane is teaching art PK-12 at Holy Cross,
PK-5 in Amherst Co. and the Visually Gifted
at Amherst Co. H.S. She is also the paid
soprano soloist at St Paul's in Lynchburg.
May Belle Scott Rauch and daughter
Brearley, a sr. at Northwestern, spent 5 days
rafting down the CO River. Son Ted gradu-
ated from Villanova Law School '92 and son
Scott from Duke '92 Sally Sharrett
Ferryman's son Will was married in July.
Son Ted and his wife are still in CA. Julia
Shields is English Dept. Chairman at Char-
lottesville H.S,, Advanced Placement reader
lor E,T,S,, secretary ot the Charlottesville
branch of the English Speaking Union, and
on the vestry of Emmanuel Episcopal
Church Ginny Sorter Sumner and Jack
survived a hectic and amusing Christmas '92
with their son 26 and daughter 24, Mary
Steketee MacDonald worked this sum-
mer at the Saratoga Race Track, window-duty
upstairs in the club house. She and I had a
wondertui visit at our 35th Abbot/Andover
reunion in June,
Adele Vogel Harrell and Parker are
awaiting grandparenthood. Daughter Glenn
Helmers and John are expecting in Dec. She
is editor for Metropolitan Womeand he is a
trader at Goldman Sachs. Daughter Logan is
director of trusts and estates at Butterfield
and Buttertield Auction House in San Fran-
cisco Mina Walker Wood reported on
Alice Allen Smyth's son's wedding in Wash-
ington. She said that Jocelyn Palmer
Connors and Tom are moving to Lynch-
burg. Gwen Weiner left Dallas lor Nevada
re-doing old homes but still continuing to
run the family business in TX. She has seen
Mary Sturr Stuart
Although it will be history by the time
you read this, the Adams are joyfully and
feverishly preparing for Gladden's (SBC '90)
wedding on 9/4. Aubrey ('89) is maid of
honor and grandmother Margaret Ross Ellice
('34) is guest of honorl
1966
Presidents: Patty Thornhill Edwards,
Helen Raney Pinckney
Secretaries: Susan Moseley Helm,
Makanah Dunham Morriss
Fund Agent: Marilyn Garabrant Morris
Kit Baker Sydnor's (Lynchburg, VA)
daughter Jennifer did summer community
service in Belize before starting freshman
year at Mary Washington. Kit continues
teaching young riders and young horses. Kit
joined our family for a wk. at the Outer Banks
in July. Katie Barret's (Lexington. KY) old-
est daughter is 16. Katie has begun a
Master's in School Counseling. Judy
Barthold DeSimone (Pine Bluff. AR) and
Frank's son Frank graduated from MIT and
received his Commission in the Navy - En-
sign. This yr.. Lia will graduate from Sweet
Briar where she is Sr. class president.
Frances Butt Fisher (Lynchburg. VA)
moved from Richmond to Lynchburg where
her husband. Greg, has loined a group of
psychiatrists affiliated with Va. Baptist Hos-
pital. Tracy Bean Kenny (Princeton, NJ)
is setting up a "commercial space archive"
to establish a collection of documents
relating to this industry (remote sensing,
satellite communications, etc.). Kathryn
Bingham (Springfield, MA) is doing a
year's internship at the Menninger Clinic,
Topeka, KS as she continues her MSW with
Smith College School for Social Work.
Betty Booker (Richmond, VA) and
Dabney Morriss visited Betty's sister and
brother-in-law and their family in Switzer-
land. Betty continues as a busy journalist
with the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Cherry
Brown Peters's son Trey graduated from
St. Christopher's and will study electrical
engineering at Carnegie Mellon. Cherry con-
tinues as head of the Technical Services
Dept. at Crestar Bank in Richmond and
chaired the Human Services Planning Div,
at United Way. News from Grade Butler
Johnson (Blawenburg, NJ) came from hus-
band. Jotham, as Grade was away visiting
colleges with eldest son. Aler. a sr, at
Deertield Academy, Son Tom is a soph, at
Deertield and quarterback on the football
team Sarah is 8 1/2 Mary Anne Calhoun
Farmer (Newnan, GA) and husband Tom
are proud and relieved - their two oldest
daughters. Mary Anne and Harriet have both
graduated from SBC! Katharine is a jr,
at Heritage School in Newnan, Vicky
Chainski Verity's (Dayton, OH) son Jed
graduated from Hotchkiss and will attend
Vanderbilt, Keenan Colton Kelsey (North
Bay, CA) completed her 2nd year in a 4 year
M,Div, program at San Francisco Theologi-
cal Seminary, Her goal is Presbyterian or-
dination. She is a single mother - Megan is
1 6 and Sean 13, They moved from a big S,F,
house to a cottage in Marin, She still owns
the city house and ROBIN WILLIAMS (yes
THE Robin Williams) rents it from herl
Keenan will do a ministerial internship this
year, Nancy Conkle Swann's (Atlanta) son
Chris, 23. is in Atlanta and will teach h.s.
English at Holy Innocents Episcopal School.
Son Andrew. 15. will attend Salisbury
School in CT, Husband David still works lor
Wachovia Bank, They took a 26th anniv, trip
to Bermuda, Bonnie Cord (Houston. TX)
worked as an environmental lawyer this past
year and ran an art history program in her
children's school. She plans to teach art. put
on a small environmental program and go
back to art school! Ann Crowe Griffin
(Marietta, GA) teaches French, Son. Jim, is
about to graduate from GA State Univ, and
daughter. Ginny is a freshman at the Univ,
of GA in Athens, Ewie Day Butler (Forth
Worth, TX) had a wondertui visit with former
roommate El Griggs Diemar and Bob in
their beautiful home in NJ, Evie's husband
Geoffrey had a busy year so July in NM and
MT in Aug, offered some restorative recre-
ation! Deanie Finch Hampton (Dallas)
had a large family reunion tor daughter
Julie's graduation from the Univ, of CA, "One
down, one to go!!", says Deanie,
Marilyn Garabrant Morris
(Wilmington, DE) expressed her gratitude to
all class members who contributed to the
annual fund, , 33% of our class did sol. „Let's
improve this number next year! Marilyn is
Education Director of the Delaware
Symphony, a challenging new job, Ellie
Gilmore Massie (Stamford. CT) joined the
vestry ot Saint Luke's Church and is in
charge of an enormously popular youth pro-
gram serving about 180 teenagers! Having
2 of her own - ages 14 & 16 - she knows
how important this is, Vi Graveure Patek
(South Salem, NY) writes that Mark survived
purges at IBM, Vi still enjoys teaching Latin
- AP, Sarah (23) graduated from Harvard in
Music: Sheila (20) is a jr, at Harvard in ma-
rine biology, Emily graduated as valedicto-
rian from h,s, and will attend Harvard with
an eye toward medicine, Diana Herran
Barret (Buzzards Bay. MA) is still teaching
and doing research at Harvard on health care
policy - "finally even the bus driver is
interested in my research!" Chris is a jr, at
Tabor into lacrosse and wrestling, Monica
is 15 and Susannah 8, Husband, Bob Vila,
is "working endlessly," Sharon Healy
(Berkeley, CA) continues to manage an all
women's medical practice, Caria is finishing
her freshman year at UCSD, Anthony is in
9th grade, Sharon is "still obsessed with
cycling and running and volunteering for an
AIDS project,"
Harriette Horsey Sturges's (Louis-
burg, NC) husband unden*/ent surgery and
had to stay at home for over a mo, but all is
well now. She is in the midst of a 2-yr, spiri-
tual director program Jeannie Jackson
Exum (Kinston, NC) will resume her rather
"lush" (her word) job of teaching one class
of AP French, Son Jay will be a 2nd yr, law
student at Harvard, Manning will be a soph,
at Hampden-Sydney, Daughter Sallie (15)
has her Learners Permit, This past
summer Jeannie received a Mellon grant to
attend an AP workshop in Tucson, AZ,
Ginny Lee Butters's (New York, NY) sons
Morgan and Andrew are at Boston College
and Brown, She had a get together with
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Margo Langenberg and Mariana
Oeschle de Rubini in NYC. Mariana stops
in U.S. on trips between Lima and Switzer-
land. Ginny completed an organic ctiemis-
try course at Columbia. Lee Mackubin
Miller's (Atlanta) children are well, and stie
and Rick are celebrating their 25th anniv. and
are still in love! They will be in France with
their daughters, Macon (17) and Anne Lacy
(10) this summer. Martha Madden
Swanson's (Manassas, VA) son Michael
graduated from Georgetown. Daughter
Sarah starts Georgetown in the tall. David
and Martha are at the same jobs - at
Georgetown and George Mason. Cindi
Michel Blakely (Houston.TX) writes of her
2 sons: one a soph, at Williams College who
will travel to Florence in '94 to study art even
though he is a theoretical math major and the
othe/ (age 1 6) who has wheels, no girls (yet),
plays lots of tennis and runs cross country.
Husband, Bob, is still at Tenneco.
I had a wonderful visit with Randi
Miles Long (Lafayette, CA) when I was in
San Francisco last winter. Randi loves teach-
ing 6th grade math and science in a private
school in Berkeley. Daughter Melissa is get-
ting married 1 1/93 - BIG preparations. Herb
travels a lot tor Chevron International. This
yr. Randi can join him on a trip to Sweden
where Randi hopes to trace her roots.
Katharine Mockett-Oberteuffer (Lex-
ington, MA) spent 3 wks. as an American
Red Cross Disaster Services volunteer 9-10/
92 after Hurricane Iniki on Kauai in HI. Hard
work but incredibly worthwhile. Suzy
Moseley Helm (Louisville, KY), my co-
Class Secretary, and Nelson spent the whole
summer at Chautauqua, NY. Ted was back
and forth and spent 2-3 weeks in Mexico.
Pen, a sr. in h.s. held down the fort in Lou-
isville Judy Mundy Fowler and Paul
moved back to London from Australia 5/92.
Son Gray graduated from the University of
Cincinnati. Daughter Cynthia is at UVa
School of Architecture and studied in Italy
last summer. Judy is running a business in
London and Australia called Career Reloca-
tions. Paul continues at British Petroleum.
Marcia Pace Lindstrom and Fred
continue to enjoy Meridian, MS where Fred
is rector of the Episcopal Church of the
Mediator. She is on the National Steering
Committee tor the restoration of William
Faulkner's home in Oxford, MS. Son Chris
Pennewill, Jr. is with Nationsbank in Tampa;
Ashley is a soph, at W&L: and Ellison a jr.
at Meridian H S Carole Peer Williams
(Denver, CO) started her own p.r. company,
Carole Williams Communications, special-
izing in membership marketing for non-
profits and book and article marketing for
herself and individuals. Bill is Sr. Research
Chemist with Schuller, and son Scott will be
a jr in h s Natalie Roberts Funk (Colum-
bia, MD) was remarried 8/92. She and Jeff
went to Denver, then Canada and back
around Lake Superior. "Finally I have 3
children - all over 20!" She is still at Social
Security, helping folks get back to work
despite disabilities.
Marty Rogers Brown's (Va Beach.
VA) daughter Peggy graduated from W&L.
Mary Meade Gordon Winn and husband
Lee and their daughter Meredith, a freshman
at W&L, were there to help celebrate. Di
Simrell Savory (Goshen, CT) still loves
teaching 6-9 years olds at Washington
Montessori School in New Preston, CT. Her
older daughter, Jess spent this summer in
NV with the Student Conservation Associa-
tion, clearing trails and assisting at the
National Forest Penny Steketee SIdors
(Chicago, IL) son Jett is graduating from
grade school and they are college-looking
for son Matt, a sr. Husband Mike is still
struggling along with the Chicago schools.
His school just converted to 1 2 mos. Susan
Sudduth Dodson's (Little Rock, AR)
daughter Penn entered Dartmouth. Penn
Willets Fullerton's daughter is also at
Dartmouth. Susan's business was named the
Arkansas Business of the Year for 1992 for
companies with 1-25 employees! Eleanor
Thomson Smith (Winchester, VA) is work-
ing on certification to teach water aerobics
and water exercise classes. She is also in-
volved in the breeding of Egyptian Arabian
horses. Daughter Eleanor plans to be mar-
ried 8/94 in Charlottesville. Son Edward is
at UVa School of Architecture. Sidney
Turner (Baltimore, MD) looks forward to a
visit from former roommate Julie Bush
Youngman. Julie is moving to Elmira NY
after many yrs. in the West.Jane Utiey
Strickler (Atlanta) is a corporate paralegal,
plays tennis, and goes to classical ballet
classes taught by guest teachers from Rus-
sia! She also teaches step aerobics classes.
Older daughter, Kitty is at Med. College of
GA. Younger daughter, Leigh, will be a sr.
at W&L - a chemical engineer major. Sally
Van Winkle Campbell (Louisville, KY), a
Travel Consultant, traveled through Italy this
summer with Van (14) and a friend. Ward
(26) still loves San Francisco. Sally did some
great career development with Anne Newrton!
Linda Wallace Bailey's (Leesburg,
VA) husband Lin is now with the Social
Security Administration - a career shift, so
he feels like a "student" again. Linda is a
consultant at FBI h.q. in Washington on soft-
ware applications' design and development.
Anne Ward Stern and husband Ed are
thoroughly enioying their move to Cincin-
nati. Ed is Producing Artistic Director of the
Playhouse in the Park. Anne is Development
Director at the Summit Country Day School.
Their 2 boys have adjusted well. Julie
Whitehurst MacKinlay (Hampton Roads,
VA) is still office manager tor her husband's
law firm in Norfolk and still (for 15 years!)
an EMT on Va. Beach's volunteer Rescue
Squad (ambulance duty once a week). Old-
est daughter, 24, graduate of RISD, is an
apparel designer in Providence. Second
daughter, 21 , is finishing soph. yr. at W&L
and studied at Oxford this summer. Third
daughter is a soph, at Norfolk Academy
Muriel Wikswo Lambert's (Mont-
clair, NJ) research is supported by another
5-year NIH grant. She is investigating repair
mechanism in human cells for DNA damage
created by ultraviolet light. She has been a
full professor at NJ Med. School in the Dept.
of Pathology for several years and is still
head of the grad. program there. Husband
Clark's research on Alzheimer's disease and
his dermatopathology practice keep him
busy. Anastasia will be in 8th grade: Phelps
in 5th grade and Peter in 2nd. Penn Willets
Mullin/Fullerton (San Rafael. CA) was
married 9/92 to George Fullerton and they
are living in her same home in San Rafael.
George is a fly fisherman like Penn and they
both enjoy backpacking in the Sierras. His
20 yr-old daughter lives with them while
attending college. Penn's daughter Lucy
is a 6th grader: Hadley a freshman at
Dartmouth, and son Brennan finishing up at
the Univ. of San Diego. Judy Wilson Grant
(Littleton, CO) writes that Margaret (16) is
finishing her jr, year at Taft after a champi-
onship season with her ice hockey team
traveling to Russia and Germany! Will (14)
is entering Taft and Newell, Jr. (12) and
Caroline (10) keep home life busy. Judy is
teaching 7 & 8th grade English and Latin at
St. Anne's Episcopal School while Newell
continues in Denver commercial property
management Susan Wilson Ashcom s
(Tryon, NC) daughter Susan (27) is attend-
ing 3rd year law school at the Univ. of
London. Son Robert (25) is at Berklee
School of Music in Boston. She and Bobby
are foxhunting and trying to live a healthy life
-mentally and physically!
Bob and I had a very busy year. He is
Associate Minister at the Winchester Unitar-
ian Church (Winchester, MA). I travel a lot
as Director of the Religious Ed. Dept. for the
Unitarian Universalist Association in Boston.
I continue to love the work. Jeff (18) is a
freshman in the Honors Program at the Univ.
of Delaware and daughter Sara (16), a h.s.
sr., is in the college search. Thanks to each
and everyone who wrote. How wonderful it
is to feel our network humming !
1970
President: Marjorle Rebentlsch
McLemore
Secretary: Lawson Calhoun Kelly
Fund Agent: Tracy Savage
In response to the question, "Who is
your hero or heroine?", the answers were
remarkably similar! Only two out of our
whole class had ideal role models that were
the same other than their parents! Hillary
Clinton got those two votes, but without
question our parents, and particularly our
mothers, were the winners. So in these days
of assaults on the American family, our
mothers have not only survived, but done a
wonderful Job of communicating love, sup-
port, and idealism.
Among other items of interest, Barbara
Brewster Miller has remarried and is now
Barbara Powell, In addition to her own 2
children, she now has 2 terrific step-children
living with her and John in Anchorage, KY.
Kathy Cummings Katlin. Chip and their
children are doing fine. Kathy has been in-
spired by Amelia Earhart tor adventurous
spirit, Isak Dineson lor independent thought,
and Shakespeare for creative genius and
human insight. Louise Hayman respects
single mothers Mary Beth Halligan
Hibbard was most significantly affected by
her parents for their positive role models and
their joyful attitude. Claudia Forman
Pleasants' favorite mentor has changed
from Thomas Jefferson to her mother as she
more fully appreciates the difficulty of rear-
ing 3 active teenage boys and se-ving on 3
boards in her community. May Fox is com-
pleting her last year with the Governor's
Cabinet as Deputy Secretary of Administra-
tion. Kristin Herzog moved to Gainesville,
FL in order to be on the faculty of the Univ.
of Florida in the Journalism School, teach-
ing publication design and computer graph-
ics Becky Mitchell Keister spoke of the
enduring influence of her mother's unselfish-
ness, intelligence, and happiness. Even
though she had a law degree and passed the
Georgia Bar, she chose to stay home with her
family.
Susan McGrath Moses s hero is her
father who has supported her in every way
for all of her 44 years, as well as being a
WWII Veteran who was decorated with a
Silver Medal for risking his life on a sinking
ship to save the lives of others. Betty Rau
got married at Sweet Briar 10/92 to Dr.
Robert Santandrea, using an interfaith cer-
emony, written by a Christian woman and a
Jewish man, which brought tears of joy to
those attending Mardane Rebentlsch
McLemore just returned from taking her
son to the Naval Academy, but will not have
time to be too sad for 7 year old Sarah will
continue to keep her busy. Her Mom is her
heroine because of her values and self-
sacrificing example. Kay Parham Picha
also looks up to her parents as her heros tor
they placed great value on hard work and
education while holding family as the most
valuable asset to be had. Lalita Shenoy
Waterman took her 16 year old daughter
to Sweet Briar for a visit and is hoping that
her impressions of the warmth of the faculty
and administration will lead her down
the Sweet Briar path. Lalita admires Hillary
Rodham Clinton tor her poise, self-
confidence, and intelligence.
Dear Sally Taylor, please type your
next postcard so we can find out what
you are doing in Latin America. Wallis
Wickham Raemer admires Janet Reno,
Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Hillary Clinton, and
Cokie Roberts, while working full time as a
school guidance counselor and keeping up
with a 17 month old toddler.
Good luck to you Wallis. You will be my
heroine it you survive!
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
1974
Presidents: Liz Thomas Camp,
Ronie Ray Spell
Secretary: Nancy Mortensen Piper
Fund Agents: Cynthia Conroy, Linda
Kemp Couch
Elizabeth Andrews Watts and Bobby
are at Episcopal H S. in Alexandria, VA.
Bobby teaches tiistory and she worl<s in the
Registrar's office. Rob Is 13 and Betsy 11,
Jane Hutchetson Frierson and Elizabeth
meet often, and she looks forward to our
20th! Barb Ashton Nicol is decorating
their new house. Her sons, 12 and 9, are into
sporls. Barb's stepsons, 12 and 10, live in
Atlanta. Robert and Barb took all 4 boys to
Orlando for a wk. in June. Barb plans to see
everyone in May! Ellen Bass Brady's boys
Chad (15), Aaron (13)andMatf(11)are fine
young men. Chuck is busy with their busi-
ness, New Day Office Products and Furnish-
ings Marcia Brandenburg Martinson s
sister had twins. In April Marcia's lather
passed away after a short illness. Marcia is
a travel agent lor Thomas Cook Travel. She
had a Bahamas cruise with husband, Terry,
and sons Andrew (15) and Eric (11). She
took Andrew to England and will take Terry
to Bermuda for their 17th anniv. She said
she'll be at the Reunion! Sally Brice
O'Hara finished a master's in public admin,
at the Kennedy School at Harvard. The Coast
Guard is reassigning her to command the
search and rescue, law enforcement and aids
to navigation units in the Upper Chesapeake
Bay. She and husband. Bob, will build their
dream house on the water in Annapolis. Bob
is in the same position at Coast Guard HQ
in Washington, D.C. Their sons enter grades
4 and 6.
Mary Lee Burch Weil still teaches
French at Dundee Central School. She is
adjunct prof, of French with Corning Com-
munity College in Corning, NY, She looks
forward to our 20thl Bonnie Chronowski
Brophy continues to volunteer at church
and schools. Chris (14) and Meghan (6) are
at Delbarton and Kent Place Schools, re-
spectively. Family travel included CO, FL, NJ
and their favorite - Nantucket. Sally Clary
saw Sharon Mangus in Charlottesville and
sees Sally Rebentisch Randolph often. Pam
Cogghill Graham and husband. Josh, had
their second son, Jonathan Cogghill Gra-
ham, 2/19/92. He joins brother, Nicky (3),
Pam lunched with Sue Castle Rolowick and
her daughter, Katie, while they were visiting
Sue's family in CT. Pam looks forward to
seeing everyone in May! Mary Combs
Taylor announced the termination of her
marriage to Jack Greer Taylor, Jr. 10/92. She
sent a pic. of her daughter, Ann Sydney, with
Mary on her 40th
Sheila Connor Kerber wrote that
Michelle Brown Badcock '73 and her hus-
band, Michael, visited her in Denver - just
before Michelle's 20th reunion. Sheila, Dave,
and her girls visited Michelle in England last
year; prior to that, they hadn't met in 10 yrs.
Sheila looks forward to our 20th! Cindy
Conroy is Director of Marketing at the law
firm of Beveridge and Diamond, I think it
would be fun to have an Ain'ts and Asses
Reunion Show and I hope Cindy will help
coordinate it (as a former Most Illustrious.)
Everyone interested - please call. Wanda
Cronic Howell said she and Lee will be at
Reunion. Wanda has been busy with the July
wedding of her niece. Tina, which was at-
tended by Gabrielle Urbanowitz and her
husband and Drea Peacock Bender
Laurie Epstein couldn't come due to her
sister's unexpected surgery. Wanda is still
busy selling cars. In Sarasota, FL Christine
Cummings Bass and husband, Wayne,
have their own business Siesta Mortgage
Corp. They are on Siesta Key, a 5 min. walk
to the beach. Christine went back to AK in
92 and 93 to sell oft real estate. They have 3
children ages 13, 10 and 8.
Laurie Epstein's landscaping is blos-
soming and Whitney Street restaurant is
flourishing. Laurie is still active at the Cen-
tre Club health center. She plans to visit
Wanda Cronic Howell and spend Christ-
mas in HI with her sisters. Andria Francis
Haruda was in Kona, HI and Kapalua, Maui.
Fred golfed and Ashleigh swam with the
dolphins. Ashleigh (8) won an award for
having read the most (she prefers reading to
TV!). Andria still works at CTB/MacMillan/
McGraw Hill. Her company was recently up
for auction. She looks tonA/ard to seeing the
gang in May! After 9 yrs. in Charlottesville,
VA Barb Hansen Smith moved to Jack-
sonville, FL., where husband. Bill, took a job
as an anesthesiologist with a private group.
Barb misses teaching the Mexican migrant
children but stays busy with her 4 girls,
Kelly, Elizabeth, Katherine, and Caroline.
Nancy Hardt was promoted and tenured
after 1 2 yrs. with the Univ. of FL. She is very
involved in women's and faculty issues at the
College of Medicine. Debbie Hart Eiserle
is enjoying a healthy summer, after a winter
of illnesses. Son, Davey, plays in Wildcat
games: husband, Dave, plays softball, and
they all enjoy the Lake Forest pool. MImi
Hill Wilk loves Scottsdale, AZ and is busy
with activities ol son Beau, 10, and daugh-
ter, Liz, 8.
Paula Hollingsworth Thomas's trip
to Honolulu ended in a plane crash in Dal-
las. She is in her 4th mo. of physical therapy
but hopes to be up and at 'em soon. Both of
her dogs died and her dad is seriously ill.
Children Charles (1 1 ) and Elise (8) are great.
Husband, Steve, is the Executive Director of
the Presbyterian Hospital. Paula is still liti-
gation administrator for an oil and gas com-
pany. Debbie Hooker Sauers is busy with
her 3 boys Jane Hutcherson Frierson
was divorced in 9/92. Jane and her son,
Laurance (10), live in Arlington, VA. She said
she doesn't know how she'd survive without
her SBC friends. I saw Jane and Sally
Randolph at the Toast to Alexandria in June,
Jane is a software engineer. Maureen
Hynes Binder is very busy with her 5 chil-
dren - the youngest 2 are twins. She will be
at the reunion in May (without children)!
Kathleen Kavanaugh is Vice President tor
Development at Vassar College and will be
at Vassar's Commencement the same week-
end as our Reunion. (We will miss you)
Kathy travels, travels, travels. She knows
how to use airport time. Kathleen
Kilpatrick had a baby boy, Ian Alexander
McClellen Kilpatrick 7/19. Kathleen had
worked for Reagan/Bush and will take the
rest of 1993 off. Linda Kemp Couch and
Steve go to France and England for 2 wks.
this summer, Kemper is busy as Treasurer
ol the Jr. League ol Washington. Alethea
Lee is busy with her art and church, and
attended conferences on Christian healing,
Terry Lear Evans and family bought
a new house in Sept. with lots ol land in
Nokesville, VA. Patrick (1 1 ) and Jeffery (9)
enjoy it. Terry teaches 3-4 year olds at-risk.
She will be at the reunion in May, Husband,
Whit, has a tee-shirt printing business and
can make shirts, hats, or bags for us for our
20th! Sharon Mangus, still a real estate
agent and the 911 emergency person in
Alexandria, will be at the Reunion, and hopes
to see Phyllis and Checka among others,
there Ann Massie Addison is an at-home
mom with 4 children. Dana graduated from
h.s. and will attend Mary Washington Col-
lege, Mark enters Amherst HS, Sam will be
in 5th grade, and Gary will enter kindergar-
ten at SBC. They are excited about building
a new house in a development called
"Oakley" in Clifford, VA. Husband, Lewis, is
VP of Finance at Central Health, Inc. in
Lynchburg Edie McRee Whiteman,
Mac, Jamie (1 1 ) and Alex (6) went to Nash-
ville to see Mac's family, Mac's brother, Bart,
is an actor who was in "The Firm." The
Whitemans are moving to a new house one
block away with lots more space. In Aug.
they will visit the Whiteman compound at
West Chop, Martha's Vineyard. Edie sees
many SBC friends. Her favorite babysitter is
Catherine Whitham '91. Tana Meier
Parseliti continues as the exec, director of
Business for Downtown Hartford. Daughter,
Dana (12) is in the Pony Club and shows
some cross-country. Son, Dan (16) has a
summer job and plays baseball. Husband.
Frank, is expanding the market for his pre-
mium product "Frank's Marinara Sauce,"
Bring some to Reunion!
Beth Meyer Costello joined the
Longmeadow real estate office of Landry,
Lyons, and Whyte Co./Better Homes and
Gardens. She is president of the East
Longmeadow Women's Community Club.
Ann Stuart McKie Kling s daughter,
Shelby Virginia, was born 1 1/30/92, joining
brother, Jay (5). In Aug. they visited her
sister in S. CA. Ann Stuart promises to be at
Reunion! Nancy Nunnelly Foster lives
in Nashville with husband, Gilbert. She
owns WRAPS, Inc. a packing and shipping
company specializing in artwork and antique
furniture. She spends her free time in Pre-
cepts Bible Study Course and highly recom-
mends them (in Chattanooga, TN). Debbie
Pelham Bigum is moving to the Kadena
AF Base in Okinawa where her husband will
be an Operations Group Commander.
Debbie and her girls look forward to travel
in the Far East Ellie Plowden Boyd and
her family moved to Southbury, CT. Clayton
(6) has many new friends, Doug is enjoying
new challenges with Praxair in Danbury, and
John, born 9/10/92, entertains them. Ellie
cleaned out her mother's house in GA and
saw Liz Camp and daughter, Sophie, and
Andrea Niles Jones '73 and her husband.
Bill Nancy Nields Gordon and Michael
moved from Lowell, MA to Groton, MA
Marsha Phillips Smith is moving to
Phoenix. MD after 26 yrs, in NJ. Her native
NJ husband, Jim, has a new job and they are
feeling very adventurous. Emily is 8 and
Patrick (3) is a "live wire."
Jane Piper Gleason and husband.
Joe, are away Irom the flooding in St, Louis
but her parents' farm will be an island. They
will be on safari with Jane's parents, brother
and sister-in-law, and Mrs, Marlin Perkins
in Oct. Jane is godmother to Sherrie Snead's
daughter, Ann. Jane plans to be at Reunion!
Catherine (Tinka) Pritchett sent photos
of her two sons, Gabriel (8) and Christian (18
mos). born 11/91. They had their 15th wed-
ding anniv. She stays home with Christian.
Rossie Ray Spell adopted their second
child 11/92. Anna Rosalind Spell was born
11/20/92 and they brought her home 12/5.
She is a beautiful healthy and happy baby.
Big brother Michael is 4 1/2. They all look
forward to our reunion! Janie Reeb had a
mini reunion in St. Louis in April at the Jr.
League Annual Conference. Janie is Presi-
dent ol the JL of Miami. She saw Sandra
Taylor Craighead (Policy Board Member for
the JL of Richmond), Anne Coggswell Burris
'75, and Betsy Merle Gamble '73. She had a
visit from Betsy Biggar Hellmuth and her
daughter, Katie, Janie's husband, Mike, is
President of Premier Cruise Lines (the Big
Red Boats) and they took Katie on a cruise
for her 16th birthday, Jan Renne cruised
Irom Montreal to New York 9/92, to S.
America 1/93. and to Northern Europe 7/93.
Her next trip will be to reunion 5/94.
Pam Reynolds is still in the life insur-
ance industry. She leaves 7/15 tor 3 wks. in
Ireland and then back to reality! Betsy Rob-
erts is still at the Federal Reserve in the Int'l
Div, and doing some traveling. She is also
very busy with the JL of Washington.
Checka Robbin Delle works in a deli part-
time and IS working on a master's in Elem.
Ed. at Holstra U. Paul and Checka hiked the
Grand Canyon 10/92 - her feet still hurt
Patty Shannon had a son, Scott Michael
Shannon, born 7/10 in Lake Oswego, OR,
near Portland. Scott joins sister, Kathryn
Elizabeth Shannon (6 1/2), Sherrie Snead
McLeRoy's daughter, Ann Elizabeth
McLeRoy, was born 4/5 and they were called
on 4/13 to come get her. Sherrie is bringing
her to Reunion and hopefully Bill will come
too, Sherrie has 2 books due out this year.
In March she co-chaired the 100th anniv, of
the Texas Press Women. She also speaks to
historical and museum groups throughout
TX. Bill, Sherrie and Ann enjoy breaks at their
place in CO Cindy Sorenson Sutherland
visited SBC with daughter, Claire (14). They
had a great time swimming in the lake and
dining in Glass! Cindy is still riding and
horse showing Susan Stubbs Brown
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looks forward to our 20th! She was at SBC
in June. Her daughter, Meredith (14), went
to Dennis Van der IWeer's tennis camp.
Susan and her brother run an ad-specialty
business in Atlanta and she travels for the
business. Susan's son, Drew, is 11 and an
avid baseball player. Sandra Taylor
Craighead had a hectic year. She enjoys
being on the Alumnae Board. She was also
on the Board ot the JL of Richmond. This
spring they moved to a new house. In June,
she spent a wk. in CO on business but spent
the weekend with Jane Merkle Borden '65 in
Denver and Aspen. Sister, Marsha Taylor
DeLain '76. now a member of the "Big
Board," moved to DE as Assoc. Superinten-
dent of Schools for the State. Liz Thomas
Camp writes that Ann Prichett Van Horn and
Marion Van Horn Egan rolled out the red
carpet in New Orleans for her this spring. She
went to the Jr. League Decorator Showcase
- where Betsy Meric Gamble is the JL Presi-
dent - Liz's Big Sister at SBC. Liz sees Ellie
Plowden Boyd regularly. Liz also saw Mary
Witt Will and Fritz in Richmond, VA. They
went to a Braves game and took in local sites
and Monticello. She and Rossie Ray Spell
will be meeting soon on Reunion plans!
Meredith Thompson Ingle is writing
a book on the irascible Desmond, a goose
who falls in love with Lucinda. She looks for-
ward to seeing everyone at the reunion!
Helen Travis celebrated her parent's 50th
wedding anniv. 12/92. Helen was promoted
to Branch Administrator/Office Manager at
her Fujitsu office. She has decided to meet
men by responding to "Personal Ads." No
luck yet! She continues to sing with the
Oratorio Society of NY. Helen plans to visit
her sister in Beirut, Lebanon in Oct. Lynn
Watson Philpott reports that a spring GA
snow brought the smallest blueberry crop
ever but because of this they will spend more
family time having fun. Drew is 10 and Kate
8. Lynn still works for AFLAC (the largest
cancer insurance co. in America) and was
appointed sr. managing consultant in Infor-
mation Systems. She completed her Fellow
Life lyianagement Institute (FLMI) degree
and her conferment is in Toronto 9/93. She
is coming to her first Reunion in May, 1 994!
Chris Weiss Pfeil continues to be a stay-
at-home mom for Lee (6) and Carrie (4)
while working part-time as a science instruc-
tor at the Cleveland Museum of Natural
History. She is also on many boards. Chris
is coordinating a sailboat racing program
for women at the Cleveland Yachting Club
and the children join Dave and Chris on
weekend races on the "Idleweiss." Lee
Wilkinson Warren and husband, Charles,
had a 20th anniv. ski trip to UT. On the way
home from a ski trip to Wintergreen, Lee and
her children stopped by the SBC Dairy to buy
yogurt - it is still wonderful! Ruthie
WillinghamLentz attended a family wed-
ding in Vicksburg, MS. Her business at J.C.
Bradford is flourishing, affording her another
sailing trip to the BVI and many opportuni-
ties to watch son David's baseball, soccer,
and basketball games.
Mary Witt Will is busy organizing the
Reunion Committee. Mary continues to see
pediatric patients at the VA. Dept. of Health
and works as a consultant for Blue Cross, the
Medical Society of Virginia and Richmond
Public Schools. They love to play golf, and
she volunteers at the Women's Resource
Center on the U. of Richmond campus.
Sandra Craighead and Mary talk often. In
9/93 Fritz and Mary will go to Baltimore for
the SBC Annual Weekend and Science Meet-
ing Winton Smoot Holladay had a 3 wk
trip out West. The Holladay family started in
San Francisco with a visit to Catherine
Williams Sullivan, who is godmother to
one of Winton's daughters. They also went
to ID, MT and WY, Winton's daughters are
14 and 1 2 and her sons are 1 1 and 8. They
finished the summer at their beach house in
Rehoboth, DE. Lou Weston Rainey, 2 of
her children, and her mother went to Phila-
delphia to visit Penny Lagakos and her
husband, George, and their son, Gregory.
Lou's husband, Robert (Rip), took their old-
est son, Weston, to a boy scout jamboree in
VA while Lou was in PA. Lou and family
stopped at SBC for a quick visit at the lake.
She also stopped to see Ceil Linebaugh
Dove in Flint Hill, VA, and husband, Scott,
a veterinarian, and their 2 sons, Jenkins and
Reid. The Doves live in an old barn they have
renovated. Ceil raises Scottish Deer Hounds.
Lou is renovating her house. Lou and Rob-
ert (Rip) went with Weston (13) to England
last yr Their 2 other children are Clarke (9)
and Caroline (5). Rip is an environmental
engineer for RMT in SC. Lou, and family, and
Penny plan to be at Reunion. I have enjoyed
being your Class Secretary for the last 5
years and thank you all for the honor. I took
my daughter, Katie, 5, to the Inauguration of
President Clinton in Jan. I represented SBC
at the inauguration of the President of the U.
of the District of Columbia in May. I am
working for Congresswoman Jan Meyers,
from KS, on the Small Business Committee.
I am Chairman of HQ Administration for the
JL of Washington, DC. and also Secretary
of the JLW Membership Council. My hus-
band, Chris, will go to Africa this fall on busi-
ness for 2 mos. I hope you all have saved
the dates for our 20th Reunion at Sweet Briar,
May 27-29, 1994. See you all there!
1978
President: Dorothy Lear Mooney
Secretaries: Cannie Crysler Shafer,
Mary Page Stewart
Fund Agent: Lucy Darby Cole
As Cannie and Mary sit here at Camp
Susquehannock in NE Pennsylvannia, we are
enjoying all your notes! We decided to ar-
range them randomly so you'd have to read
every last one. We didn't want you to miss
anything!
Lots of apologies for missing Reunion
and promises to make the 20th! Allison
Egbert Brokaw had a 2nd son in March.
She is busy volunteering and performing in
community theater and a choral group in
Summit NJ. Ann Key Lucas (St. Louis,
MO) missed Reunion too. She works full
time managing the direct mail marketing and
apparel programs for a promotion company
while she has John (4) and William (2) AND
expects twins in Sept. Eve Jackson Lon-
don (Birmingham, AL) had a weekend
"mini" reunion with Liz Day Dalrymple,
Betsy Ryan and Catherine Taylor
Moore in Charleston. Eve reports that
Mitchell is going into 3rd grade, Jack into K
and Ivey into pre-school. Leslie Battle
(Miami, FL) missed reunion due to her travel
to DC. Scottsdale, AZ, DisneyWorld and
Europe. She was in Italy with her sister Helen
Lewis ('79) and claims the men were just the
right ego booster for a middle-aged married
lady!" Daughters Bailey (7) and Taylor (6)
remain her joy and chaos.
Carol Cordell Mullins missed
Reunion due to a new work schedule. She
is General Counsel tor First Federated
Communications in Denver, CO, Son
Charlie (4) enjoys family camping trips in the
mountains. Carol crewed for her brother
David Cordell, W & L '80 (his wife is Martha
Tinsdale SBC '80) on his CAL29 in the
Barllett Regatta in OK in May. Ann Yauger,
in Basking Ridge, NJ, is a new homeowner,
she is also a protocol officer for AT&T work-
ing with Chinese, Japanese, Ukranian and
Brazilian delegations. She saw Claire
Cartright Vaughan and family in San
Antonio in Jan., as well as Debra Littleton
McCloskey. She keeps in contact with
Francie Root '80 and Megan Coffield Lyon
'80 She also saw Jane Lauderdale
Armstrong and family. Jane is kept busy by
David (5) and Kate (2) in addition to being
president of the Women of the Church and
volunteering with the Atlanta Children's
Shelter through Jr. League. She gets to
watch Claire Dennison Griffith '80 chair the
Jr. L's support of that shelter. Her husband
Mike was named to W & L's Alumni Board.
In Austin Anne Simonds Lowe enjoys
swimming with Jeff (6) and Stephanie (3) at
their local pool and at their ranch on Lake
LBJ. She and Rick celebrate anniv. #15 in
Aug!
Karen Lemon Hassett moved to
Greensboro, NCI She, husband Mark and
FOUR children are excited about meeting
new people and opening their marketing
business there. Her twins are in 1st grade,
daughter Megan in 4th and Boomer in pre-
school. (How many sets of twins has our
group produced? Must be a record!). Katie
Renaud Baldwin is enjoying a heat wave
in Petersburg, AK. Although she didn't make
it back lor reunion, she was close! Was in
Duck, NO this spring and made her husband
drive the whole state of VA so she could
show her whole family Sweet Briar. Amanda.
7 and Emily 4 didn't get their souvenirs
though, the Book Shop was closed, maybe
in '98! Jean Beard Barden (Stamford CT)
repods that Lauren Place Young had a
baby girl (her third) 6/29, named Makenna
Chrystie Young - apparently she and fam-
ily are still in HI Susan Negaard Harley
ot Rock Hill, SC visited Margaret Laurent
Gordy and Leigh Ramsay in Garden City
Beach, SC in June, then had a baby boy,
David Andrew Harley, 7/11. Margaret saw
him 6 hrs. after birth! Susan is enjoying her
maternity leave from Baxter Custom Sterile
in Charlotte where she is Materials Manager.
Mimi Shipman McOrmond is now in
Valley Forge, PA. Mother of Scott (12) and
Richard (6), she is working on a Landscape
Architecture degree at Temple University.
She summers with family at the NJ shore
where she and husband Ray are very active
with the Jr. Sailing program for the Little Egg
Harbor Yacht Club in Beach Haven. Jane
Hemenway had a good reason to miss
reunion - she was Maid of Honor in her
sisters wedding! She is happy to be back in
New York after travelling all over the world
last yr with a Congressional Task Force,
interviewing world leaders in Paris, Frank-
furt, London and Madrid She has had fun
with other NY alumnae planning a cook
book. She warns us to look out for her
grandmother's Pecan Pie recipe - YUM!
Mary Gearhart is still in New York,
doing freelance photography and lighting
design, working with Sarah Skaggs Dance
Company and other arts groups. In summer
she manages a place in the Adirondacks.
Dana Dotten Endacott, in Fallon, NV, still
flies transport aircraft and was promoted to
Commander. She is responsible for the
nearby bombing and electronic warfare
ranges, but her favorite job by far is being a
mom to their 2-yr-old daughter, Ariel Marie.
Mavis Ray Griffith enjoyed seeing Sally
Poison Slocum, husband Bill and their baby
on a visit to Austin. Mavis and husband Joe
managed "to live in and through a house
renovation and addition" to prepare for #3
child born in June. Mavis' girls are 9 & 6.
Lisanne Purvis Davidson moved from
NY to CA where she was promoted at the
FDIC and her husband will continue film-
making. They had a second son born 4/93!
Although Catherine Taylor Moore
missed Reunion, she went to Richmond from
Orlando, FL to visit family. Catherine is Chief
Credit Officer for SunTrust Bank Card N.A.
but would like parttime or consulting be-
cause her 4 yr old is "full of energy". She
saw Cindy Rogers Dillard from Tampa
and keeps up with Betsy Ryan who is with
First Boston in Atlanta Audrey Townsend
Bertram was sorry to miss Reunion but she
and husband Scott were busy with an addi-
tion to their log cabin home (Raleigh, NC)
and 18 mo. old Betsy. Their outdoor shop
is doing well, so their next trip is windsurfing
in the Dominican Republic!
Barbara Behrens Peck missed the
festivities too. She and Jeff and Sarah (3) are
in NJ where she continues her freelance
design. She has a new garden book coming
out in 1 994 with author Ken Druse. She was
recognized for "Scottish Country" last yr. in
New York Magazine! She and Jeff ski in Vail
and Aspen and she's "working" on golf.
Missy Powell Adams is busy with her
twin boys and work in Baltimore and looks
forward to those Friday "sessions" Mary
Page Stewart also mentions! Anne Riordan
Flaherty's news is "Kids, kids, kids" with a
fourth en route, her team is all under K age!
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
She volunteers at the YWCA and the medi-
cal alliance in Wausau, Wl, Janet Smaltey
Todd and her husband Pete added another
family member before Reunion. Jacl^son
joins Harris (6) and Jane (4). Emily Dick
McAlister (Nashville, TN) writes of her
"third" too ...MatthevK loined Harry (4) and
Dan (2) and they will move to bigger quar-
ters. From St. Louis, Cathy Mellow
Goltermann had a boy (Charles "Woody"
Woodson) - now 1 - to join his twin sisters
Catherine and Christen - now 3 1/2. They
added to the house and did the apt. routine
for 5 mos, while waiting. Cathy volunteers
at a boutique. Also in St, Louis, Victoria
Saigh Valll and her husband put an addi-
tion on their house and added their third girl.
Hallie Powell Norton and her hus-
band Wilmot moved into a new house, still
in Austin, TX Lee Carollo Pforsich
moved last yr. to the "frozen North" of
Oakdale, MN. She is doing a summer intern-
ship at 3M as a chemist in the analytical
corporate research lab. She will return to
teaching in the tall. Her son is 1 1 and "quite
a drummer". They are both learning to cross-
country ski, ice fish, camp and canoe and
"put shorts on when the weather gets to 40
degrees," From Rye, NY, Diane Ball
Brendel writes that she is a Sr. VP with
Dean Witter. She and husband Joe see Ton!
Santangelo Archibald '80 and Mare Moran
76 who married in June. She looked forward
to the big snow melt so she could play golf
and start the yachting season. Carolyn
Ennis, her husband Adel Taher and their 2
daughters, t^ariam (7) and Sara (5) live in
Cairo. The girls are tri-lingual (English, Ger-
man and Arabic) and enjoy ballet and
snorkelling. Carolyn is the refugee coordi-
nator in Cairo, working mainly with Somalis.
Katherine Nesbitt missed Reunion tor
a worthy cause - fundraising for her church.
She Is nearing completion of her M.S. in
Management and finished her "tour of duty"
with Jr. League of Washington, DC. She
works for AT&T and hopes to relocate to
Greensboro. NC. Kim Hershey Hatcher
wrote that each yr. on Valentine's Day she,
husband George and her 2 children Mary
Anne and Geordie love visiting SBC! They
live on the Eastern Shore and own Easton
Ford, Edie Baird (Great Falls. VA) contin-
ues to do contract archaeology and has an
internship with Fairfax County History Com-
mission. She also works for First Virginia
Bank as a Federal Reserve Settlement Clerk.
Carol Baugh in Nashville is still Int'l Busi-
ness Manager for Reemay, INC. This year
she went to Puerto Rico and Europe on busi-
ness. She vacationed in May scuba diving
in the Turks and Caicos Islands. In Nov. she
goes to the Cayman Islands for wall diving
and stingray sightings. She hopes for some
business in the Far East and S. America.
Thanks to Monte Costa's family we know
that she is a photographer for SeaLife Park/
Wainiea Falls Park and took a leave of
absence for a 6-wk. immersion course in
Portuguese at UCSB. Then Monte spent 2
wks. in Fiji conducting NATO-sponsored
workshops in photojournalism. Her photo-
graphs are in the recently published coffee
table book, "Discovery" on HI. Thanks also
to Anne Baldwin Mann's family who
report she is still in Jacksonville, FL and
has 3 children; and to Deb Davidson
Weidner's parents for writing to say that
Deb is still in CA. those of us at Reunion
appreciated Deb making the trek from New-
port Beach and hearing about her 3 children.
Some of us who attended Reunion did
write in as well. ..such as: Elizabeth
Perkinson who is still a real estate agent
in Winston-Salem, NC, Lynn Spilman
Williams and her husband manage Chesa-
peake Title Company, leke Osinga Scully
should get the "closest" and "distance"
awards! She was "home" tor Reunion but
wrote from "Jolly Ole England," where they
will stay until Mark's company relocates
them, 4/94 as planned, to Cologne, Ger-
many. She enioys her boys Brendan (3) and
Dunstan (1 ). Kathy Jackson Howe in from
Charlotte, NC with all 3 children, Trey (10),
Khakhi (8) and Janie (5), was singing house
addition blues as well. Husband Dr. Harold
(a.k.a. "Root") has a new partner and they
look forward to more family time. Becky
Mulvihill McKenna (St Louis. MO)
started school consulting, counseling and
family therapy in addition to her grad. teach-
ing and private practice as a family and mar-
riage therapist. She is busy but does have
her summers free and she and husband Ken
look fonivard to more family time since he got
tenure at his counseling position. She has
3 daughters (ages 9,7 & 5) who are into
piano, gymnastics and Irish step dancing!
Lenore Cox barely made it to reunion,
arriving briefly on Sunday when she saw
Katherine Powell Heller and Lisa
Spruill Darby. Lenore still lives in Lynch-
burg and is a Sr. Policy Analyst at First
Colony Life Insurance Company. She went
to Paris in Sept. and to Maui. HI in May.
Carrie Ruda Clark (DC.) loved rooming
with Becky Dane Evans at Reunion and
being again reminded of what a neat class
we have. She spent the rest of the summer
in her garden, volunteering tor the Washing-
ton Cathedral, and getting their 2 boys to
special ed. programs in 2 states! She and
Jack had a reprieve in New England, includ-
ing bicycling in VT. Katherine Powell
Heller of Atlanta brought her daughter
Laura (6) to reunion and has set the goal for
the 20th to have kids and John there! She
volunteers tor Laura's school, the Jr. League
and the garden club. She went to London,
Paris and Vienna in Aug, and is going to
Puerto Rico in Nov, sans entants! Janet
Rakoczy Hudson of Fairfax, VA reiterates
the common sentiment that it was great to
see everyone at reunion. She went to IVIT with
her folks (husband. John has too new a job
to take vacation) tor a wk. at her boss' 2,000
acre ranch on the Yellowstone River.
Robin Jones Eddy (Lexington, VA)
sells real estate and works on Conservation
Easements to "keep her valley rural". Son
"Stets," 9, accompanied her to Reunion.
Melanie Bowen Steglich and husband
Lee are busy with his dental practice in Dal-
las, TX, Melanie works tor the Sr. Citizens
Craft Fair as a Jr. League project and looks
forward to Alumnae Council at SBC. She
also works parttime for Richard & Co. at the
Dallas Apparel Mart. Cindy Whitley works
in archaeology for a land developer in the
DC. area. She is excavating a 1.000 acre
tract and plans to sail up the East Coast to
Newport, Rl in July. She spoke to Leigh
Ramsey who finished her grad. work in
Richmond and is now employed there in re-
habilitation counseling. Mary Page
Stewart and her husband Bob enjoy Balti-
more. Bob is starting a new private invest-
ment banking firm called Armata Partners
and Mary starts her 2nd year teaching 3 yr.
olds at Garrison Forest School. Daughter
Ellie is nearly 8 and son Geordie is 5. She
sees a lot of Maria Rixey Gamper and
Missy Powell Adams as they are part of
a weekly "playggroup".
It's my turn here as the "caboose"
(Cannie Crysler Shafer. Haverford, PA)
There were a lot of us 78ers at Reunion and
we had a great, fun time! We decided that
we've aged or finally become sensible, when
we now send the hubbies to the Texas Inn
in Lynchburg to fetch the greasy "cheesy
Westerns - all the way" so we can stay to-
gether and talk! I am the Lower School Head
at the Devon Campus, Episcopal Academy,
while husband Win teaches Middle School
Science and Biology in Upper School and
daughter Francie (6) is in 1st grade, both at
the Merlon Campus of Episcopal . . Son Blake
(3) will age me before my time! We try to
have great spring breaks (Hilton Head this
yr.) since we're at Camp Susquehannock all
summer (Win's grandfather founded it in
1905), We squeeze in time at Squam Lake,
NH before school starts. This year we'll hike
with our new Dalmatian puppy "Spot"!
WHEN WILL WE SEE YOU AGAIN'? 1998!
1982
President: Ethel Burwell Dowling
Secretary: Lucie Stephens Holland
Fund Agent: Rhoda Harris
Wonderful to hear from so many of you
- including several who haven't written in a
while. Our class president, Ethel Burwell,
became Mrs, Benjamin Wyman Dowling III
10/30 at her great-grandfather's church
in Upperville VA. The Oowlings live in
Williamsburg. Past president Nancy
Daugherty Davidson moved with Mike.
Meredith and Katherine to Charlottesville,
where Nancy enjoys a much larger house,
Alice Keyes married Gary Pittman, whom
she met at Georgetown U, In 1 1/92 and they
live in Alexandria VA. Patsy Griffith Van
Etten and husband Jeff returned to Virginia
from CA. Patsy is a paramedic and has been
training an Andalusian mare. Adjusting to
full time motherhood has been easy tor
Martha Tisdale Cordell after the birth of
David Jr. She is fixing up her new house and
travelled to Vienna and Prague with her par-
ents. Baltimore is home to Aimee Nelson
Smith, husband Mike and their 3 children.
After travelling to Russia and Egypt,
Harleigh Chalmers Kehoe returned with
husband Derek to London to welcome
the birth of James Edward 3/93. Leslie
Bergman had a money-making 3-yr-old
horse last year as well as a new house. She
said to ask Lisa Zuke Kline about her
smart dog. Pearl.
So good to hear from Polly Clarkson
Stein, in Jacksonville FL. where she fin-
ished two yrs. as president of the Women's
Board of (Children's Hospital. Her children
are Blakely. 8. and Ted, 6, Lee Watson
married Warren Lombardy in May and spent
their honeymoon hopping B and B's in the
British Isles. She is in her last yr. of law
school at Florida State U. Are there any other
couples with jobs in 2 different cities besides
Mary Ames Booker Sheret? She works
at the Southern OR Historical Soc. in
Medtord and her husband, Dan, is a furni-
ture maker in Hillsboro. Carrie Montague
Stanny authored and produced a museum
show entitled "Made by Hand; The Soap
Hollow School" on decorative arts produced
by Mennonites in western PA in the 1800s,
She lives in Pittsburgh with husband Tim
and son Patrick. Just when they were settling
into their new house, Deborah Price Bow-
man and Jeffrey had to move again to CT
after he got a job offer in New York. Monica
Kaiser has a business designing children's
clothes, which are sold at her local mall in
FL. She visited her family in Europe last year.
So many new houses! Beth Engelsmann
Flanigan and Peter have a new house in
Saint Louis and are parents of Drew, 9, and
Lacey, 3. Home executive Charlotte
Prassel Fitzgerald continues her career as
mom, wife and volunteer to several charities.
Her girls are Cece. 4, and Tricia, 2, Ginny
Beverly Ring and Michael celebrated their
4th anniv. in Nantucket and then visited
Rhodes and Patmos.
Anne Pridgeon Mason, in West
Bloomlield, Ml, is pursuing her PhD in clini-
cal psychology. Her husband is Bill Mason.
Alice Dixon said that Michelle Marlinez
wedding to Alessandro Cartel in Italy was
a "marvelous event!" Alice saw Tricia
Whelan Schenck and Jane Dure there
Michelle is national franchising manager for
Conte of Florence, and Alessandro is doing
his residency in geriatric medicine. Busy
Leslie Ann Hertz is at Cleveland State U.
getting 2 master's degrees in early childhood
special ed. and multiple handicaps - and
works full time at an advertising agency. She
asks tor ideas tor our class skit at the next
reunion. Heidi Slavin is continuing PhD
studies in special ed. and received funding
for research. She wants to know the where-
abouts of Amoret Thissell and Nancy
Smith Betsy Keiser Smith is a sr
account executive with Cellular One in FL
and mother to Alexander, 2. Angela
Averett Rock moved to Atlanta and is a part
time counselor with mothers' support
groups. Her children are Daniel, Claire and
Catherine. Jill Maple Fallon is still with
Duracell in CT. Another Atlanta resident is
Cyndi Lowe Coughlin, a marketing
director for a construction company. Fellow
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Georgian Margaret Camblos Carey lives
in Augusta with tiusband Cliff and is in
medical insurance. Gay Kenney Is now in-
ternational ad sales manager wltti ttie Los
Angeles Times and motfier to Alex, 4. Stie
Is designing and building a new house and
sees Jana Portman, who moved to LA, and
Wendi Brunell Plenge Guy Castles IV
joined big sister, IVIason, says mother Libby
Lee Gantt Castles, who lives in Colum-
bia SC and plays lots of tennis and volun-
teers, Celia Warren married Robert Fowler
Jr In Sept. and their new address is Dallas
TX. Grace Tredwell Schild and Georg
were married in May then went to Germany
to celebrate with his family who couldn't at-
tend the ceremony Jean von Schrader
Bryan bought a minivan to tote around her
growing family of Betsy, George and baby #3
due In Sept. She and Peter live In Chagrin
Falls OH. Jean saw Liz Kauffman, who is
writing another television script and radio
play and is Involved in horse racing
Heather Pirnie Albert and Mike have
moved to NJ, where he is pursuing a
master's degree In history after 1 1 yrs. in the
Marines. They also went to Hong Kong and
Beijing with daughters Rebecca. 9, and
Samantha, 4. She visited Fran Mantho
Belliveau at her house In Annapolis last
year Priscilla Ream McPheeters
opened her own barn called Bridle Creek
Farm Inc in SC. Her children James and
Heather are both riding. From Alexandria VA
Kathy Reynolds Barsness said Zachary
Reynolds (10-92) joins big brother George
Jr She saw Leie Frenzel Casalini and her
daughter Jane Dure is playing tennis
competitively in Austin TX and wondering
how many of us have grey hair yet. Our
Parisienne, Lorie Teeter Lichtlen, wel-
comed Nicholas Jasper 3/30 and he already
has his US passport. She returned to
EuroDlsney as sr. publicist after a generous
French maternity leave of 4 1/2 months.
Rosemary Hardy teaches behaviorally
disordered students In Kansas City and en-
joys the challenge. A historic house on the
St. Mary's River in MD Is home to Nancy
Trimble Howell, where she is mother to
Devin, 2. Her husband Brad is a golfer think-
ing of turning professional. Torle Lee
Adams was expecting a 2nd child to join
Henry, 2, in Dec. She lives in Richmond.
Baby #2 was born to Karen McLain
Chiapetta In April. Husband Don and son
Michael are adjusting well. Kit Johnson Is
renovating her house and trying to tame an
overgrown wooded lot In NC. Anne Goebel
lives near San Francisco where she loves the
lifestyle and manages food service for Apple
Computer's world h.q. She plans to marry
this year.
Danielle Bielenstein works at the
Smithsonian Institution. In Aug. she helped
her sister drive from AZ to NY with 2 cats and
an 8-loot statue called "Salute to the Dawn".
From far away in Natal, S. Africa, writes
Mary LaVigne Fletcher that she lives on
a dairy farm and beef ranch, where she also
raises race horses. Another old house
dweller Is Rachel Millrood Perlman in
Bala Cynwyd PA, Her daughter is 3, and
Rachel works at a municipal bond firm in
sales Anne Edmunds Hansen expects
baby #3 in Macon GA. World travelers
Leslie Taylor Kavanaugh and husband
Richard visited Key West and Nassau. They
have 3 children - Annie. Ryan and Charlotte
- and Leslie works for an auto dealer In West
Chester PA. From CA Lisa Church went to
Salt Lake City to practice law and pursue
mountain biking and cross-country skiing.
Patti Snodgrass returned to newspaper
work as editor of the Loudoun Times-
Mirror \n Leesburg VA, and Is a member of
the American News Women's Club. Steve
and I enjoy more space with the addition to
our town house in Old Town, Alexandria VA,
and I am still curator of the Boyhood Home
of Robert E Lee I see Anne Morton Young
Habliston with her Caroline, 5, and Chazzo,
3, at the pool. Anne Morion stays busy as a
mom and does lots of volunteer work. Thank
you everyone for sending news!
1986
President: Beth Ann Trapold Newton
Secretary: Lisa Redd Toliver
Fund Agent: Mary Jo Biscardi
LaMont, Julian (3), and I welcomed
Jordan Alexander to the family 10/20/92. 1
continue to decorate our home and am
approaching 7 yrs. with Fannie Mae. LaMont
started an administrative job at UMBO.
Suzanne Craft Bailey and husband. Drew
had their 2nd anniv. and completed their 1st
yr. In Charlotte. NC. where they bought a
house. Suzanne Is a Realtor with Prudential
Carolinas Realty and looks fonward to meet-
ing local SBC alumnae. Drew continues as
Environmental Policy Officerwith First Union
National Bank. They enjoy weekends in the
mountains and visits with Catherine
Callendar Sauls and husband. Rolfe who
moved to Durham, NC. Robyn Bailey
Orchard, husband Christopher and son
Anthony Bailey Aylward Orchard (born 1/92)
moved back from Oxford last Aug. Robyn
taught English & Drama at Amherst H.S. and
planned to do an M.Ed, full-time at Lynch-
burg College In the fall. She was named an
Outstanding Educator by the Virginia Gov-
ernors School.
Cathy Moore Barksdale. a travel
agent, and husband. Lash bought a home
and expect their first child 12/93. Cathy
sees Elizabeth Stevens Norman She
looks foRA/ard to Anne Vandevenfer's 9/93
marriage to George Bowles. Tracy Pryba
Baugham was married 10/2/92 In
Richmond, VA and enjoyed a Caribbean
cruise honeymoon. Tracy loves marriage and
enjoys being a chemist for Whitehall-
Robblns. She keeps In touch with Donna
Duchow Prommis and Corinne Neale
McCormick Sharon Beard bought a
home in Blue Bell, PA and completed halt of
a master's in Counseling Psychology. She
often sees Mary Johnson, who is with
Mellon Bank. Sharon anxiously awaits our
10th reunion Leigh Ringler Bennett and
husband, Jim were in a leep accident while
honeymooning in St. Lucia. Fortunately, all
is well and Leigh will finish her master's In
Training and Development 12/93. She keeps
in touch with Robin Lindsay O'Keefe and
Brigid McGlynn ('85). Life in New Orleans
is great for Ashley Simmons Bright and
husband, Edgar. They, along with Ella (2 1/
2), welcomed Edgar IV (a.k.a. Gordy) 1 1/20/
92. Ella starts nursery school. Ashley still
sells real estate. She sees Bella Viguerie,
who is a stockbroker for J.C. Bradford.
Work keeps Rushton Haskell
Callaghan busy, as well as her triathalons.
Triathelete named her among the 5 top fe-
male amateur triatheletes in the U.S.A. The
races take her all over the U.S. Alyson
Carey married Robert Goods 9/19/92 in
ME Mariah Smith Malik and Deirdre
Smith were in the wedding parly. The
Goods' live outside Buffalo. NY. Pegi
Castle continues as N. American Coordi-
nator for Ausonlcs, an ultrasound company
based in Sydney, Australia and Business
Manager for GT. their state-side represen-
tative. She gardens and volunteers with
Wheaton American Legion Auxiliary In IL.
She was elected Auxiliary VP and gives civic
lectures for children K-5. Pegi has no imme-
diate marital plans. She has 2 nieces whom
she hopes will attend SBC, Lynn Mather
Charette married John 6/27/92. Vicki
Wolf, Joanna Doyle ('87), and Heather
Wlllson Freeman ('84) were in the wedding
and many SBC'ers attended. Beth Wharton
Charles and husband. Nick are In Roches-
ter, NY. Beth volunteers with the Jr. League
and the Landmark Society, and Is 1st Vice
President of the Garden Club.
Sarel Cousins says she has attended
about 7 SBC weddings since graduation and
that Emery Jones Dixon has 2 girls and
Kim Belcher Harvey '88, an 1 1 -mo-old boy.
Sarel is still with Smithkline Beecham
Animal Health selling vaccines and enjoys
her Sweet Briar and W&L connections. Su-
san Swagler Cowles married Robert, Jr.
2/22/92 and welcomed their daughter, Elli,
born 4/20/93. Susan has her MBA, Is in
Tuscaloosa, AL and keeps In touch with
Tricia Lonick Jennifer Crossland s
judicial clerkship ends 8/93 and she will
move back to Richmond, VA to practice.
Misse Davison tutors and works in the
math lab at U.N.C.A. Deanne Dawson will
move to Paris, France 9/93 to get her Int'l
MBA and work there for a yr. (or longer). She
also reports on Karen Fennessy, a mar-
ket manager for Dow In Midland, Ml; Mary
Jo Biscardi Is moving back to NJ to attend
school . Pamela Edwards moved from NY
to Los Angeles to continue as free-lance film
production coordinator. She sees Betsy
Nott Hall and keeps In touch with Louise
VanPatten, in Atlanta working for CNN.
Pamela misses Cara Heard, who moved to
TX Charade Boiling Estes, husband
Davis, and Chelsea (3) live in Alexandria, VA,
where Charade Is a Research Assistant for
Advanced Resource Technologies, Inc.
Drusilla Davis Fadus and husband,
Joseph work in banking. They continue to
Internally/externally decorate their home and
vacationed with her family In AL. Ann Bruce
Faircloth enjoys her work at Prestwick
Country Club and enjoyed a summer visit
with Meme Boulware Hobbs and
husband, David. In Norwalk, CT. Sally
Engleby Farrell and husband, Chris wel-
comed Thomas Boyde, born 4/3/93. Sally
continues to teach and works on her master's
at Fairfield Univ Elizabeth Fulghum
FrankI loves having her own business as a
graphic designer. She expects her 1st child
1 1/93. In Houston. TX Laura Hand Glover
and husband, Stephen are building a new
home and expected to move 8/93. Laura's
court clerkship ended 8/93 and after a few
mos. off. she may work in her husband's law
firm. Their daughter. 12. is still dedicated to
attending SBC. enjoys advanced riding and
musically follows in Laura's footsteps. They
had a spectacular spring trip to London and
Paris. Staige Grymes, in CT, enjoys see-
ing Liisa Fink ('90). Staige also keeps In
touch with Richie Boyd McGuIre ('89), Kate
Richardson ('89), and Cata McDonald ('90),
who travels between Italy and Hong Kong.
Staige looks forward lo Beth Babbitt's ('90)
8/93 wedding. Cheryl Bishop Oilman ('90)
and Bryn Currie ('90) are in the wedding
party In 12/92, Michelle Miller Haddad
and husband. Saam welcomed their 2nd
child. Susannah. Ariana (3) is a great help.
Michelle's stay at home with the children
ends 8/93 when she returns to teaching h.s.
Spanish. Saam begins his final year In Law
school Elizabeth (Betsy) Nott Hall and
husband, Roger are convinced they are the
only 2 people in Los Angeles not in the en-
tertainment business. Betsy continues to
teach K and is working on her master's.
Judy Bell Henri still loves teaching
and awaits the 8/93 arrival of baby #2, who
will join Christopher (almost 3), Meme
Boulware Hobbs and husband, David ex-
pect their first baby 11/93. Meme reports
Holly McGoven Barber is also expecting
11/93. Dayna Avery Hulme continues
with a law firm in Nashville, TN and she and
husband, Tom are the proud parents of
Courtney Brooke, born 7/7/93 Eli Jones Is
at home in Brookhaven, MS painting and
preparing to go back to school. Susan Drez
Joseph finished her residency In Pediatrics
at Emory (Atlanta. GA) and husband. Jeffrey
finished his fellowship in Facial Plastic
Surgery. They are moving back to Lake
Charles. LA to practice. Shappy Donnelly
LaPointe and husband. Garth enjoy their
daughter, Morgan and still teach, coach, and
are dorm parents at Vermont Academy.
Karyn Harcum Levy, husband Eric, and
daughter Meredith (3) welcomed Alexandra,
bom 3/93. They live In Waldwick, NJ, but
may move soon now that Eric's employer is
relocating Elizabeth Lindsay Locke has
a full-time job as children's coordinator of
Library Services for 2 counties in SW VA.
Her husband. Ken continues as a campus
minister at Radford Univ. Lady Jane Basset
joined their family Christmas '92 and now
they have no excuses for not taking dally
walks. Tricia Lonick continues as Wildlife
Manager at the Hyatt Regency Maui. She
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spent a mo. in the Kingdom of Tonga - a
group ot Islands 6 hrs, from HI, a unique
experience. Most of the houses were
thatched huts. She also reports that Susan
Swagler Cowles had a baby girl. Mary
Eleanor Mariah Smith Malik and hus-
band, Steve recently entertained Catherine
Callender Sauls and Allie Alden ('88) in
their new home. Mariah attended a baptism
brunch for Christopher, Lesly Allen Bell's
('85) son. Mariah and Steve went to London
and Switzerland, but plan to spend more time
at home. Maureen Mahoney works in Hu-
man Resources for Laura Ashley in Boston.
Enjoying the change from NY, Lisa Marks
is in Wilmimgton, NC, where her new home
was completed 5/93. She loves living by the
beach and awaits the 8/93 "Girl's Weekend"
visit from Elizabeth Wood, Quinci
Stevenson Velie, and Catty Hubbard ('85).
Lisa works for Parke Davis pharmaceuticals
and visited Clair Clancy Graham ('85) in
Little Rock, AR.
April Marshall enjoys playgroups and
visiting the park with Lily (15 mos.). April
works part-time as an assistant in real es-
tate. She and husband, Steve look forward
to their 5th anniv. Anne Merriman mar-
ried Paul Dufty 9/92 and they returned to
Hadley, MA after honeymooning in St. Johns
and Virgin Gorda. Alexandra Bernard
Wyllie and Lenetta Archer McCampbell
('85) were bridesmaids. Rebecca Young
Metro married Joseph in Washington, DC
4/93. DeAnne Blanfon ('85) and Cheryl
Fortin Young ('85) were in the wedding. They
honeymooned in St. Lucia and Martinique
and live in Arlington, VA, where Rebecca is
an Intensive Care Unit Nurse at Arlington
Hospital. Mary Beth Miller came to
Rebecca's wedding from NY, where she still
practices law. She travels occasionally for
her job, and recently visited Sweden. Mary
Beth also recently sang at Carnegie Hall.
Jessica Steinbrenner Molloy and her
husband, Joe expect their 4th child 2/94
(Elizabeth 5, Jennie 3 1/2, Robert 1 1/2).
Besides staying at home with the children,
Jessica writes children's stories, 2 of which
will hopefully be published. Burke Morrow
teaches Biology and Chemistry at Northeast
H.S. in Lincoln, NE. Summers she travels
through MT, CO, ID, and WY with 5 of her
Labrador Retrievers, competing in field
trials. She also has time tor hiking, moun-
tain biking, and rock climbing.
In 8/93, Beth Ann Trapold Newton
and husband. Bob expect their first child.
While anxiously awaiting maternity leave,
Beth Ann travels for her job at Trinity
College and volunteers for SBC as the
Phon-a-thon Chair for the DC Community
Campaign and the Jr League Committee
along with Carolyn Hepperle Carolyn was
a bridesmaid in Liz Gallagher's 6/12/93
wedding in NY. She also visited Bip
Leopold and daughter. Colleen Carr, born
3/20/93 Karen Gonya Nickels is in her
7th year teaching at the School for Contem-
porary Ed. and spent the summer with her 2
1/2 yr. old son. Karen still plays on several
soccer teams and states that each yr. it
is harder to keep up with the 18 yr. olds.
Elizabeth Stevens Norman still works for
Dalkon Shield Trust and enjoys daughter.
Wren (2). She often sees Cathy Moore
Barksdale, who is expecting 9/93, and
other SBC friends in the Richmond, VA area,
Beth Conner Pace decided to relinquish
her Development position at St. Joseph
Academy to work strictly with the St. Joseph
Alumni Association, in anticipation of the 1 1/
4/92 birth of Allison Love. Beth sees Pamela
Walsh Warren ('82) and daughter, Abigail,
who moved to the Brownsville, TX area.
Desiree Petrus is Chief Legal Counsel to
the Senate Transportation Committee, an
exciting job that requires extensive travel. K.
Richelle Hayes Poffenbarger married
her boyfriend of 5 yrs. 4/92. They added a
cocker spaniel puppy to the family. She
switched from Metlife to Cigna continuing
as a Provider Relation Rep. and is involved
in the start of a Central PL Sweet Briar Alum-
nae Club Heather Brown Pollock and
husband, Doug are great. Heather finished
Law School and works in the Litigation Div.
of Gray, Gary, Ames, & Frye in San Diego,
CA. She visited Sara Mason Gooding in
Boston, MA and awaits a 7/93 visit from Ann
Moorberg Wentworth-Stanley and husband,
Adrian who live in London. Ann manages a
boutique and designs her own clothes.
Heather sees Kim Harrington Langborg.
who lives within 2 miles
Andrea Kane Rose and husband,
David are expecting their 2nd child any day.
David (3) and parents are awaiting settlement
on a new home in Glen Burnie, MD. Andrea
continues to work with the Anne Arundel
County Bd. of Ed. and keeps in touch with
Alycia Wilcoxson. Unfortunately, Alycia
lost her mother 12/91. She will be getting
married 11/93 (the bridegroom is named
David). She is doing well with her own
business, a dance studio. Catherine
Callendar Sauls taught 3rd grade in
McLean, VA last yr., but is looking for a job
in Durham, NC, where her husband, Rolfe
has a new job. They enioy the slower lifestyle
and decrease in traffic. Catherine is going to
Japan with her mother to visit relatives she
has not seen since the age of 6, Catherine
McNease Stevens completed a yr. of her
master's in Public Health at UNC - Chapel
Hill and she and husband. Nelson are work-
ing on their house. Catherine spent the sum-
mer working at a community Health Center
and breaking in a pair of 2 yr. old horses.
Melinda Phillips Waterbury, her hus-
band, Matthew, and Meghan (2) moved
again and foresee another move since
Matthew is in his last yr. of obligation to the
Army. The family awaits the 8/93 arrival of
the stork. She reports that Susan Carr
Nickel and husband, Doug have refinished
their kitchen and become pasta chefs. The 4
had dinner and discovered the men share the
same hobby - home beer brewing.
Leigh Ann White passed her compre-
hensive exams for her master's in demog-
raphy at Georgetown Univ. and works at
Westal, Inc. while finishing her thesis. She
expects to graduate 12/93. Julia Pesek
Williamson married Chandler 6/6/92
in MN in an historic chapel on Lake
Minnetonka Lisa Bytner, Mary Johnson,
and Kim Harrington Langborg were
bridesmaids They live in Newport Beach,
CA, where Julia works in the promotion
dept. for St. John Knits and volunteers for
the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Valerie
Winborne is still touring extensively with
the Urban Bush Women and working on a
children's book. Interested publishers please
contact her Cornelia Woodworth is in
Operations Mngt. for a large paper company
in Manhattan, NY. She received her MS
Irom Carnegie Mellon 5/93. Louanne
Woody and family are moving to the NC
Outer Banks, where she hopes to continue
teaching math. Vicki Wolf will marry
Stuart Rosenfield 12/18/93 and move to Bal-
timore McKenzie Reed Lynn Mather
Charette, and Dale Banfield Banning
are in the wedding party. Until then, Vicki
lives and works in DC at Advantage Interna-
tional Alexandra Bernard Wyllie. in her
6th yr. at Fannie Mae (we hardly see one
another) is a Sr. Financial Analyst, She is
doing her MBA at the Univ. of MD - Shady
Grove in Gaithersburg, MD
Thank you tor your prompt responses
and we will talk same time next year.
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President: Joan Armstrong
Secretary: Julie Brooks
Fund Agent: Ashley Flynn
Hello Classmatesl It was great to hear
from you. I'll begin with our friends abroad.
Rickie Fischer, in Heidelberg received an
M.A. from Heidelberg Univ. in Conference
Interpretation/Simultaneous Translation with
French and English as foreign languages.
She is looking into a job at the European
Community in Brussels or Strasbourg.
Guillermou Gael Bachmann is in
Dinard, France. She passed her finals as a
translator/interpreter in English, then stud-
ied Italian at La Sorbonne in Paris. While in
Paris she was able to meet President Hill.
She has one more yr. and will return to work
in Brittany. Guillermou was married 5/21/93
in Brittany to Christophe Bachmann, an
architect. She keeps in touch with Letty
Romo, Befen Ortiz Ariza, Vicki Matter
Crawley, Jean Avezac and of course, Mrs.
Ascari Vicki Matter Crawley married
Nigel Ian Crawley of Liverpool, England
9/92.
Sonja Gruhl spent a few mos. in MD
as a Volunteer Coordinator for the Presiden-
tial Inaugural Committee's Gore Dinner. Now
back in HI, she is summer coordinator at the
YMCA for terminally ill kids, and is Presi-
dent of the Univ. of HI College of Ed. Stu-
dent Assoc. She will work on her teaching
cert. Kirstie Rothauge completed her 2-
yr. term in the Peace Corps in Poland. She
is traveling thru Europe before returning to
OR in Aug. Dolly Garcia works for Sprint
In'tl Caribe in Marketing. She will marry
Miguel Sumonet 1/7/94. Jill Armstrong will
be Maid of Honor, Jean Spillane, Beth Pesiri,
Ann Beatty, and Amy Kroeger will be brides-
maids. Jill Armstrong is engaged to Joe
Tracy; a Fall '93 wedding is planned, then
they will move to St. Louis, MO,
Joan Armstrong is engaged to Bill
Abington; a spring '94 wedding is planned.
They are bolh in ME were Bill works for
International Paper. Beth Pesiri, in CT,
received her MA. as an Art Therapist and
works with children of alcoholics and drug
addicts and also women recovering from
crack addiction. Chris Carriere Zazulak
teaches first grade al a Catholic school in
New Orleans. She and Scott had a baby boy
4/24/93, named John Michael Zazulak II.
Louise Bouldin will marry Stewart Money
8/14/93 in Birmingham, AL. Amanda Priddy
is a bridesmaid. They will move to FL or
South AL, In Huntsville, AL Amanda
Priddy is an International Research Assis-
tant for the Madison Co. Commission Dept.
of Planning and Economic Dev, She visited
Betsy Howie in Austin, TX and Amy Kroeger
in Nashville. She saw classmates at Marie
Kettler's wedding last spring in Luverne, AL
and Chris Carriere Zazulak's wedding.
Chris Anne Spehar went to school in
Austria. Home for the summer, she leaves in
Aug. for her new job in the Czech. Republic.
She will be back for Louise Bouldin's and
Dolly Garcia's wedding. Beth Melloy was
an Asst. Campaign Manager for DE Gov.
Mike Castle (R) who was elected to the U.S.
House of Rep. 1 1/4/93. Jennifer Walcott
lives in Decatur, GA with Jen Gregg. She is
at Emory Univ. doing an M.Div. She also
works at the Theology Library and for the
Lutheran Theological Center. Kelly Wood
Erickson is in Fayefteville, NC as Person-
nel Coordinator tor Mega Force Temporar-
ies, and doing an M.A in Ed. Her husband
Steve is a C-1 30 pilot at Pope AFB. She sees
Shannon Coleman sporadically. Shannon
Coleman works at Coleman Steel in
Raleigh, NC and will attend Campbell Univ.
part-time for an MBA. Lisa Waldrop is a
happy owner ot a new condo and works for
Limited Express. She still shows her two
horses, and vacationed pony trekking in
Ireland. Lisa keeps in touch with Leslie
Carson, Susan Beebee, and Amy Calandra.
Amy Calandra finished her Interior Design
degree from UNC-Greensboro; she now
lives in Lynchburg, VA, and is an in-house
designer in the construction business with
her boyfriend Scott. Amy also has started her
own business "Calandra Designs" in statio-
nery and decorative screens which is carried
in the SBC Bookstore. Stacy Gilmore
Hicks and her husband Jim bought a house
in Roanoke, VA, She is at Hollins College
doing a teaching cert. Gladden Adam will
marry Philip Falivene, an '89 Colgate Univ.
graduate, 9/4/93, Kate Smith is in grad.
school at LSU and working at the Port of New
Orleans. She looks forward to Gladden
Adam's wedding. Allison Lea is at Rollins
College in Winter Park FL in her last yr. of
her MBA. She works for Ernst & Young in
Health Care Consulting.
Sarah Andres teaches 4th grade in the
Fairfax County Schools, and works in the
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summer part-time as a receptionist. She sees
Meg Cauli< in D.C. and visited Jiil Straugtian.
Meg Caulk worl<s for a special events firm
in DC, spends a lot of time witti W&L
Alums, and saw SBC Alum's at Racfiel
Renzy's wedding Rachel Renzy Melma
married Steptien H, Meima 5/1/93 al Blessed
Sacrament in DC, They live in Belhesda,
MD, Maue Kettler and Anne Galbreath
Jenkins were bridesmaids.
Anne Galbreath Jenkins and her
husband Ron live in N. VA. Ron, just gradu-
ated from Cornell Law, is studying for the VA
Bar exam and works part-time for a D.C.
consulting firm. Anne is an administrator at
an architectural design firm in IVlcLean. Her
oldest brother Rob married Jaimie del Monte
(SBC 92) at SBC Tracey Thomas Jones
and her husband Jonathan are in Columbia,
SC, she teaching French and P.E. at Ben
Lippen School, Jonathan finishing his
undergrad. degree. They enjoyed having a 1 6
yr. old ESL student from Japan this summer,
as well as Jonathan's brother visiting from
Manchester, England. They look forward to
returning to France to plant a church in a
major French city. Tracey keeps in touch with
Linka Weyrauch, who lives in Germany,
Kelleigh Klym, and Kristen Reider. Kristen
Rleder Costello married Mike Costello,
her h.s. sweetheart, 6/5/93 in Neenah, Wl.
Lisa Dougherty '91 and Rachel Elkins '91
were bridesmaids. She is in Fort Collins, CO
pursumg a t.v. news position. Renee
Merlon graduated from Widener Univ.
School of Law 5/93. Is reviewing for the NJ
and PA Bar Exam. She keeps in touch with
Dawn Czaplicki Bullman '88 and Rosanna
Jones '90. Rosanna Jones is working on
her PhD in Clinical Psychology at CSPP in
San Diego She returned to SBC for the '93
Ewald Symposium.
Marcelle Blankenship WIgley is in
Monterey, CA very busy with school, a |0b,
and weekend sailing. Jole Roderick spent
a mo. this summer traveling Prince Edward
Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland. She
was selected to represent her VA Rotary Dis-
trict on a professional exchange. She starts
her 4th year teaching. Karen Malmqulst
Laakso and husband Erik are proud own-
ers of a house in Hingham, MA, a suburb of
Boston, and their new addition to the fam-
ily-a NonA/egian Elkhound puppy. Karen is
still a systems engineer for EDS, Erik an
Equity Trader at State Street Bank and Trust
Co in Boston Catherine Hollberg is in
Atlanta, working for the AJC in Advertising.
She talks with Stephanie Dance and Debbie
Lee often. Debbie Lee is in Charlottesville,
VA, working for a hospital, taking classes at
UVA, and taking care of her dog and cat.
Jen Brennan is working on a 64' sail-
boat named "Jadeante" lor the summer. She
sails the boat to different ports along the East
Coast, with hopes of sailing it in the Carib-
bean this winter. Marybeth Ashe visited her.
Jen had a museum tour of London in Jan.
Jennifer Sullivan finished her MA. in
French at American University in DC. She's
working in NYC for the summer before
starting Law school at West Virginia Univ.
Elizabeth Farrell will graduate from New
England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, VT
5/94. Her concentration is in pastries. She
will do a 6-mo. internship at Caf-Rischart in
the Marien Platz in Munich, Germany. Lu
Ann Hunt is Recycling Coordinator for the
City of Lynchburg. Their program won the
National Arbor Day Foundation Project
Award (the only one in VA recognized)
for recycling over 15 million pounds of
recyclables and planting over 4400 trees
over the last 12 yrs. Her son Chris is a jr.,
and daughter Candice a freshman at Amherst
Co. H. S. Her husband Larry works at the
First Brands Corp. in Amherst Co.
Allison MIree finished her MBA at
Samford Univ. She is a project manager for
Miree Construction but looking for a job as
a Market Analyst. She volunteers in a physi-
cal rehabilitation program called Special
Equestrians, and rides and shows her new
horse. Allison keeps in touch with Casie
Jones, Missy Roebuck, and Nancy Jones.
Nancy Jones finished her degree in Jour-
nalism at the Univ. of SC after transferring
from SBC. She lives in Mt. Pleasant, SC and
is an editor at a publishing company. She
visits with Sallie Mcllherin (who is in Aus-
tria), Ashley Flynn, and Wendy Tripp in NYC.
Ashley Flynn is still at Darlington School
in Rome, GA, traveling quite a bit with her
job. She was re-elected to the Friends of Art
Board at SBC. She plays on a tennis team in
the USTA League which placed third in their
div. She stays in contact with Cheryl Bishop
Gilman, Beth Babbitt Bowen, and Allison
Lea Cheryl Bishop Gilman and husband
Scott brought in the New Year with the birth
of their baby girl Jenna Carol Gilman. Jenna
had her first Foxfield experience this April
while tailgating with SBC Alums Ashley
Flynn, Debbie Lee, and Beth Babbitt Bowen.
Cheryl sees Kimberly Olmstead '91 who lives
in Falls Church and works for Nordstroms.
She also sees Cathy Gosleau '91 while ski-
ing in CO.
Beth Babbitt Bowen and husband
Jotin live in Buena Vista, CO (2 1/2 hrs. s.w.
of Denver), where John works for A.S.I. Beth
looks fonward to seeing many SBC friends
at Bryn Currie's wedding 8/28 in Toronto.
NicI Hlusko Brooks will also be in Bryn's
wedding. She is a media specialist for MCI
Telecommunications, living in Alexandria,
VA. She married Ray Brooks, an international
consultant, 7/4/92. She is active with the
DC. Jr. League and the D.A.R. Lara
Alexandra Fleve lives in NYC with
fiance Troy Adams. She is a Clinical
Research Coordinator. She plans to go
to England to be certified as an aroma-
therapist. Lara keeps in touch with Cary
Grant Gallagher, and mentions how she re-
ally misses walking the dairy and the fresh
air at SBC! Mary Ellen Naff coached the
debate team and the girls tennis team at the
school where she teaches A. P. Biology,
Chemistry, Biology and Physical Science.
She was a bridesmaid in Jennifer Chambers
wedding 11/92, and was married on 8/7.
Amy Kathleen Donnelly-Toblk and hus-
band Steve live in Alexandria, VA. They are
anxious to move into their new townhouse
that is under construction. She is the Tech-
nical Editor/Writer for PRC Inc. in Crystal
City, VA but spends most of her time at the
Drug Enforcement Admin, client site. She
also teaches Effective Writing and Documen-
tation on the corporate level.
Dena Burnham is in her sr. yr. of nurs-
ing school at Macqueen Gibbs Willis School
of Nursing. She works part-time as a
nursing assistant, and breaks and trains
horses. Dena visited Tammy O'Malley in
West Palm Beach, FL Candice Collins
graduated from Stetson College ol Law in St.
Petersburg, FL 5/15/93. She spent the
summer studying for the Bar Exam and looks
forward to starting work soon. Paula
Tweedy teaches Latin I thru IV and World
History at Holy Cross school in Lynchburg.
Ann Richardson O'Brien married Ian
O'Brien in Sept.; they live in Atlanta Lolly
Crossland is doing her MBA in Int'l
Business, at the Monterey Institute for Int'l
Studies in Monterey, CA. Brand! Beck
spent the past year in Africa and travelled to
many countries including Morocco, Egypt,
Sudan, and a stop in Madrid, Spain to visit
Charlotte Cantrell. Brandi is now in Grad.
school in Dance/Movement Therapy at
Antioch in Keene, NH. Becki FInkbeiner
Streett finished her M.A. in Math and
leaches at the college level while her
husband Dave is in Med. school. She looks
forward to Anne Crow's '91 wedding 5/94.
Pattie Booker, in Roanoke County, VA, is
Assistant for Special Proiects in the local
government. This includes enhanced 911
System Implementation, Emergency Ser-
vices Management, and Planning/Develop-
ment. She has a granddaughter who will be
3 in Dec, with another on the way. Her
daughter travels constantly with her job, her
youngest (son) is a soph, in college.
Heather Colson enjoys being Assoc.
Director of Development for The Atlanta
Opera. She and David Ewing (HSC '91 ) will
be married 4/30/94 in Atlanta. Brandi Beck
and Renee Savage ('92) will be in the
wedding.
I am finishing my full time position as
Director of Historic Preservation at Shirley
Plantation, and getting into the framing busi-
ness. I'll continue work on the plantation
part-time. I live in Richmond with Karen Hott
'91. Please look me up! Please continue to
send news, changes of addresses, etc....
Take Care!!!
SNX^ET BRIAR
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Editor
NANCV GODWIN BALDWIN 'S?
Assistant Editor
and Class Notes Edilo
NOREEN DONNELL'T PARKER
Managing Editor
LOUISE SWIECKIZINGARO '60
Design
The Design Group
L/nchburg, VA
Alumnae Board, Sweet Srlar Alumnae Association
July 1,1993'June 30, 1994
PtesidenI
NANCV HUDLER KEUFFEL '62
eioomlieid Hills. Ml
FirsI Vice PresidenI and
Oireclotol Clubs
MVH MONNICH BAYOUD TO
Dallas, TX
Second Vice Piesideni
NATHALIE RYAN HOYT 72
Houston. TX
Tliird Vice PresidenI
and Alumnae Admissions
Represenlalive Chair
LYNNE GARDNER DETMER M
Noiwalk, CT
Secretary
ANN YOUNG BLOOt^ '59
Wynnewood, PA
Treasurer
MARGARET (ROBIN)
CHRISTIAN RYAN 74
Wellesley, MA
Alumnae Fund Chair
MtLDRED (BEE) NEWMAN
THAYER '61
Madison, NJ
Nominating Chair
ANNE MERCER KORNEGAY '66
Baton Rouge. LA
Academic Oulreach
Chair
ANNE WILSON ROWE '57
Fredericksburg. VA
Regional Cliairs
MARY CARY AMBLER 'e?
Scaisdale. NY
MARJORIE MCGRAW
MCDONALD M
Ruxton, MD
SANDRA TAYLOR
CRAIGHEAD 7<
Richmond. VA
ANN BRUCE FAIRCLOTH '86
Surtside Beach, SC
LUCY DARBY COLE 78
Tampa. FL
LINDA MAE VISOCAN W
Cleveland. OH
LILLIAN SINKS SWEENEY TO
East Gland Rapids. Ml
MARGARET STUART WILSON
DICKEY '41
New Orleans. U
MELANIE BOWEN STEGLICH 78
Dallas. TX
ELIZABETH (BETSY) MOORE
RICE 78
Phoenix. A2
Members at-Large
KATHYRN HAW '92
Carrboro. NC
DEBRA ELKINS 93
College Station. TX
Members ot the Board ol Directors ol Sweet Briar
nominated by the Alumnae Association and elected
by the Board ot Directors ot Sweet Briar PATRICIA
NEALE VANCLIEF ,'.' rvirhc.lj^v.l:,: K>, ETHEL OGDEN
BURWELL '58, Giosse Pomte Farms. Ml, MARSHA TAYLOR-
DELAIN 76. Dover. OE, MARY (MOILIE) JOHNSON
NELSON '64, Lookout Mounlain, IN
El OKIcIo: LYN DILLARO GRONES '45, Virginia Beach, VA.
Planned Giving Chair, ELIZABETH OOUCEn NEILL '42,
Southern Pines, NC, Boxwood Circle Chair and Fund Agent
Chair, JODY RAINES BRINKLFi' '57, Richmond. VA Annual
Fund Chair. VAUGHAN INGE MORRtSSETTE '54. Mobite. AL,
Reunion Gilts Chair. MARIE (MtMi) CHAPtN PLUMLEV '57,
Arlington, VA, Reunion Gills Chair-elect, NANCY GODWIN
BALDWIN '57, Monroe, VA, Editor Alumnae Magazine,
LOUISE SWIECKI ZINGARO '80, Sweet Biiar, \tk. Director,
Alumnae Association.
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
THE SWEET BRIAR TRADITION
Making a Gift Annuity To
Sweet Briar Is As Easy As
Picking Up The Phone
A Gift Annuity — one type of
Life Income Gift — is of mutual
benefit to both the donor and the
College. Making this kind of gift is
fairly simple, once you know how
to do it.
A Gift Annuity is a contract
between the donor and the
College, which ensures the donor a
During 1993-94, Sweet Briar has received some
wonderful Life Income Gifts, some taking tlie form
of Single Life, others Double Life Annuities, from
alumnae working witli their financial planners.
specific, guaranteed amount of
income for his/her lifetime (Single
Life Annuity). Such a contract also
can be arranged for the lifetime of
the donor and the donor's spouse
(Double Life Annuity). Benefits of
this type of Planned Giving, in
addition to a guaranteed lifetime
income, include enabling the
donor to remove taxable assets
from the estate, and to convert
low-yielding investments to a
higher income yield.
During 1993-94, Sweet
Briar has received some
wonderful Life Income Gifts,
some taking the form of Single
Life, others Double Life Annuities,
from alumnae working with their
financial planners.
One gift eventually will
endow a scholarship through a
$250,000 Gift Annuity. A second
gift of $100,000 will be used for
unrestiiaed purposes. A third gift.
also $100,000, will be directed to
science scholarships.
Each of these alumnae took
advantage of the services of the
College's Planned Giving Consult-
ant, Winton C. Smith, Jr., J.D. Some
donors ask their lawyers to contact
Winton; others consult with him
directly.
As an attorney specializing in
estate tax strategies and charitable
tax planning, Winton shares his
expertise on a confidential basis; if
clients are interested in making a
Life Income gift, but not ready to
discuss it with the College, the
client's own lawyer or financial
adviser and Smith work together
to ensure that the gift maximizes
benefits to the donor at the same
time it is helping the College —
and clients appreciate his ability to
present complex planning issues in
a down-to-earth manner. As one fi-
nancial adviser wrote recently, "The
assistance of Mr. Smith at the
College's expense has been of in-
calculable benefit to the conclusion
of this matter."
So if you are interested in
planned giving but don't know
exactly how to go about it, ask
your lawyer to investigate this
special service.
Remember: Making a Gift
Annuity to Sweet Briar is as easy as
picking up the phone. Call Winton
Smith, 1-800-727-1040 or Mitchell
Moore, Vice President for Develop-
ment, (804) 381-6162!
Alumnae College
Tours Sponsored By
The Sweet Briar
Alumnae Association
In 1994
French Country: Exploring
the Treasures of Provence,
Villages of the Dordogne,
and the City of Paris
May 7-19, 1994
English Country Houses
and Gardens
June 20-July 3, 1994
The Danube Canal
September 1994
Programs and dates are subject to
change
Reunion Schedule
May 27- 29, 1994
Friday, May 27
1:00-8:00 p.m.
Registration in Babcock (After
8 p.m. register at Information
Center) Lunch available in the
Bistro (Dutch Treat)
2:00-5:00 p.m.
Open Houses: Library, Art
Gallery, Book Shop,
Administrative Offices
6:30 p.m.
Class Picnic for all classes
except 50th
Dinner honoring Class of 1944
Saturday May 28
7:30-9:00 a.m.
Breakfast
9:15-9:45 a.m.
Class Meetings
9:45-10:45 a.m.
Class Photos
11:00 a.m.-noon
Alumnae Convocation in
Babcock
Class Reports and Skits
12:00 noon
Luncheon
2:00 p.m.
Panel: Sweet Briar Today
2:30-7:00 p.m.
OPTIONS: Swimming, Tennis,
Golf, Exhibits, Open Houses,
Tours of Campus and VCCA
3:00 p.m.
Alumnae College
4:00 p.m.
Alumnae College
5:00 p.m.
Afternoon Tea for 45th Class
7:00 p.m.
Cocktail Buffet with Faculty,
Staff and Retirees
Sunday, May 29
7:30-9:00 a.m.
Breakfast
9:30-10:30 a.m.
Service of Remembrance
10:30-11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
11:00 a.m.-noon
Alumnae College
12:00 noon
Luncheon in Sweet Briar
Gardens
Special Reunions
1919 seventy-fifth
1924 seventieth
1929 sixty-fifth
1934 sixtieth
1939 fifty-fifth
1944 fiftieth
1949 forty-fifth
1954 fortieth
1959 thirty-fifth
1964 thirtieth
1969 twenty-fifth
1974 twentieth
1979 fifteenth
1984 tenth
1989 fifth
f^ALYNN ELIZABETH
LIBRARY
LINTON
.,\:,v:
Alumnae College Events
Reading Lists for those interested in the June 1994 Alumnae College Tour:
English Country Houses and Gardens
From Dr. Aileen Laing, SBC Professor of
Art History and Tour Lecturer:
•Austen, Jane, Pride and Prejudice,
Northauger Abbey, Persiuiskni. While all
of Austen captures the flavor of late 18th-
early 19th century England, Bath figures
prominently in these. Note that visiting
country houses was as popular in
Austen's day as it is in ours!
'Girouard, Mark, Life in the English Conntn'
House (YAe, 1978). This has become the
standard book for our understanding of
/;o(rthe country hou.se was used, both
politically and socially. He also discusses
the Lonck)n house and mentions such
unseen but important aspects as plumbing
and heating. Well written and enjoyable
to read — I use it as the text in my
course.
Jackson-Stops, Gervaise, The English Cuuntiy
House, a Grand 7bHr(New York Graphic,
1985). As the title suggests, Jackson-Stops
gives you a tour beginning with the
approach to a country house, and then
discusses changes and developments
room by room. Heavily and beautifully
illustrated.
Jacques, David, Georgian Gardens: the Reign
o/iVfl/Hre (Portland, Timber Press, 1984).
Derived from the exhibition at the Victoria
and Albert, this book delves more deeply
into the development of the English
Landscape Garden in the 18th Century
than was possible in the exhibition
catalog, The Garden.
Llewellyn, Roddy, Ornamental English
Gardens (Rizzoli, 1989). This book is
topical in approach, pursuing such items
as statuary, mazes, fountidns. Beautifully
illustrated, it includes many of the gardens
we will visit.
'Books marked with an asterisk are available
in paperback. The others may be out of print,
but a good library should have them.
From Bardith Travel Ltd.
GUIDES:
Michelin Green Guide(s): Great Britain and
London
BliieGnide(s)(.\&C Black & WW Norton):
England and London
Fodor's Guide(s): Britain and London
The KnopfGuide to London Oiindom House, 1993.)
BOOKS:
(Some of these are large coffee table size;
may be found at libraries)
The Principles of Gardening, Hugh Johnson
(Simon & Schuster)
The Gardens of Russell Page, Marianna Schinz
and Gabrielle Van Zuylen Stewart (Tabori
(^t Chang)
Visiotis of Paradise, Themes and Variations
on The Garden, Marianna Schinz Stewart
(Tabori L^ Chang)
English Country Living in England's Private
Houses, Caroline Seebohm and
Christopher Sykes (Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.)
Traditional English Gardens, Arabella
Lennox-Boyd, Clay Perry and Graham S.
Thomas (Weidenfeld & Nicolson in a.sso-
ciation with The National Taist)
English Topiaiy Gardens, Ethne Clarke and
George Wright (Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.,
1988)
Planting in Patterns, Patrick Taylor (The
National Taist)
English Cottage Interiors, Hugh Lander and
Peter Rauter (Rizzoli International, Inc.,
1989)
English Hours, Henr>' James (Weidenfeld &
Nicolson, .\T, 1989)
Kilverts Diar)' 1870-1879. Life in The English
Countiyside in Mid-Victorian Times
(,Century Publishing, London, 1986)
Alumnae Colleges Abroad in 1994
Sponsored by the SBC Alumnae
Association
French Country
May 7-19
English Country Houses and Gardens
June 20-July 3
The Danube Canal
October 15-28
Programs ami dales are subject to change.
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Japanese Woodblock Prints From the Sweet Briar Collection
Travel to Sites in Texas and Tennessee During 1994-95
In thanks for the generous loan of William Hogarth prints to Sweet Briar College from the
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston, a selection of Japanese Woodblock prints from
a much larger group within the SBC collection is "on the road."
The collection reflects the generosity of alumnae and friends of the College: Ruth Woodhull
Smith, Dr. Carol Rice, and Mr. and Mrs. Victor Henningsen, Jr., who gave the prints to further
the educational mission of the College and its Art Gallery.
The selection of prints, ranging from mid- 18th century to late 19th century, was made by
Mr. Terukata Fujieda, Professor of Art History at Musashino Art University, Tokyo, and Ms.
Emiko Yamanashi, Researcher at Tokyo National Research Institute of Cultural Properties.
Both Mr. Fujieda and Ms. Yamanashi were Fulbright Scholars-in-Residence at Sweet Briar
during 1989.
Alumnae in the exhibition areas are urged to visit the exhibitions.
Traveling Exhibition Schedule:
July 14-September 18, 1994: El Paso Museum of Art
September 1 5-October 31 , 1994: MIchelson-Rever Museum of Art, Marshall, TX
January-February, 1 995 (tentative): Sewall Art Gallery, Rice University, Houston
July-August, 1995 (tentative): Knoxville Museum of Art, TN
Jessica Lange talks with students about her acting career during January '94 visit to campus.
SPRING 19 9 4
VOL, 64, NO. 3
FEATURES
Alumnae College Events inside front cover
Sweet Briar House Regathers Her Garden 2
Winter Forums 1994 5
Sweet Briar and Tobacco Row 8
,^p^^,^ Life on the Bounding Main: Part II 13
^H DEPARTMENTS
What's New 11
In the Spotlight 15
Club Comer 22
From the Museum 24
Notices and Recent Deaths 26
[^ Y ^ Mini Reunions 27
^^^^ Class Notes 27
--1 - In the Sweet Briar Tradition inside back cover
^N X SBC Summer Programs back cover
^J\ J Cover Photo: The Boxwood Cafe in the 1 994 addition to the Book Shop. L-r front table: Alicia King '97,
^SP^ Wayland. OH: Maren Howard '95, Dallas, TX: Nellie Kan '94, Columbia, MD. L-r back table: Patricia Mark '97,
Northville, NY; Phuong Iran '96, Pearland , TX. Serving cappuccino: Martha Woodroof, Book Shop staff
member. Cover Photo by David Abrams.
J ^^^^ Sweet Briar College Alumnae Magazine (ISSN 0039-7342). Issued four times yearly; fall, winter, spring and summer by Sweet Briar College.
^^^^ J Second Class postage paid at Sweet Briar, VA 24595 and Lynchburg VA 24506. Printed by Progress Printing Co., Lynchburg, VA 24502. Send
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ALUMNAEMAGAZINE 1
_ WEET BRIAR
REGATHERS HER
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
ecades ago, President Meta
Glass summed up the
feeling that Sweet Briar
House inspires: "She is
rather a noble home and a
friendly house. She has
gathered her garden about her in a satisfying
and an inviting way. He would be a bold and
indifferent one who did not agree to its
beauty and charm."
And now, thanks to Mr. Stuart S. Taylor
of Santa Barbara, California, Sweet Briar
House will be able to "regather" her garden
with the establishment of the Mary Law
Taylor Boxwood Terrace Garden and the
restoration of the adjoining Daisy's Garden,
the special treasure of Daisy Williams.
Mr. Taylor has made a gift in memory of
his wife, Mary Law Taylor '43, which will
enable the development of the landscaping
of the entire grounds on the east side of
Sweet Briar House. Following in the great
naturalistic tradition of gardening in this
country, this terrace garden will relate the
interior and exterior living spaces, and serve
as the main outdoor living space for all of the
family and College functions, and private
parties at Sweet Briar House.
Mary Law Taylor, originally from West
■Virginia, met and married her husband in
Baltimore in 1945. The Taylors spent the first
part of their married life in Philadelphia,
where she was a member of the Garden Club
of Philadelphia, an affiliate of the Garden
Club of America. In 1964, they moved to
Santa Barbara, California, where Mr, Taylor
still resides. Their lives centered around their
three children and five grandchildren, but
Mary found time to play golf with her hus-
band when she was not pursuing her many
gardening interests. She loved all flowers and
kept a beautiful garden. In Santa Barbara she
was an innovative president of the Santa
Barbara Garden Club. She initiated the first of
many flower exhibits held among the art-
work in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
What a splendid and appropriate memorial
this garden will be, with its elegant 24' by 36'
brick terrace, English boxwood, and oma-
mental shnibbery and plantings at her be-
loved alma mater.
When news of this gift came, I asked
Mark Brimijoin, a landscape architect who
lives in Amherst County, to draw a complete
BY MINA WALKER WOOD '62
Landscape Consultant to Sweet Briar College
and long-range plan of the entire grounds of
Sweet Briar House, with a detailed drawing
of the Mary Law Taylor Boxwood Terrace
Garden and a restoration plan of Daisy's
Garden. The result is a magnificent plan
which will be of lasting and significant value
to the College.
The Mary Law Taylor Boxwood Terrace
Garden will open off the east parlor of Sweet
Briar House with a handsome door and steps
descending to a rectangular brick terrace
surrounded by English boxwood, trees, a
gate, and walks that lead to a brick circle that
connects to walks at the Garden Cottage and
Daisy's Garden. The terrace garden has been
designed in perfect scale to the house. It will
have interest and balance, and as the plant
material matures, it will add unity and
harmony to the entire Sweet Briar House
grounds, and thus to the campus. Mr. Taylor
has bestowed a gift of beauty and enduring
aesthetic value to the present and future
generations of Sweet Briar College.
Daisy's Garden has been designed as a
three-part asymmetrical ellipse. The existing
circular brick terrace with the fountain at the
far end amid mature English boxwood will
remain. That area will adjoin the sundial
garden in the center of the design, which will
connect to the reflecting pool garden, and
then to the walks to the Garden Cottage
(now used as the Faculty Club and the
president's guest house) and new terrace
garden. The three small brick areas of Daisy's
Garden will have extensive plantings of
perennials, herbs (including rosemary, "for
remembrance"! ), and other flowers that were
dear to her heart. Tlie entire east grounds
also will connect to the newly-renovated
Box-wood Alumnae House and the Fletcher
area of the main campus, thus opening the
gardens — home to Barbara, Jofin, and
Katherine Hill — to the students, faculty, staff
and entire College community.
Sweet Briar House is deserving of such
effort and attention. Built in the late I8th
century as a T-shaped famihouse, it was
changed in 1850 by Elijah Fletcher to a
Tuscan villa style (with the addition of two
square towers with unusually different fenes-
tration, and the two-story arcaded porches).
This Italianate style of architecture is in con-
trast to the rest of the campus buildings,
many of which were designed by Ralph
Adams Cram in the "collegiate Georgian"
style, and are an ensemble of some of the
best of American classical buildings. Since
ALUMNAE MAGAZINE
^<^ke is mfher a noble home miB a j^dendlij home.
(^ke km aathete^ her ^avBen about het in a satis^i^inq
an9 an imntifig nmu. (;^£ 7iwnlB be a bold and inBi^emnt
one mho 9i9 not a^rm to its beaiitu and clmmi.
Daisy's Garden originated as a simple
rectangular plot. Daisy enjoyed the outdoors,
particularly working in her garden. From her
diary, we know that she loved all growing
things and had more than an ordinary knowl-
edge of horticulture. After her death in 1884,
her garden was maintained as a flower and
kitchen garden until Indiana Williams' death
in 1900.
After the College opened, the garden
area persisted, but became overgrown. In the
late 1950s, the Cleveland, Ohio Alumnae
Club, at the urging of Elizabeth "Betsy"
'Williams Gilmore '30 and Ellen Newell
Bryan '26, and with the help of Elsetta
"Bebe" Gilchrist Barnes '27, who was then
the consulting landscape architect for the
College, restored the garden. The Cleveland
Club's fimd-raising effort transformed it into
an English boxwood garden of brick paths
and flowers. The Cleveland alumnae, though
raising enough money to restore and replant,
had no endowment funds; with the passage
of time, the garden once more fell into ne-
glect. Soon it will undergo its most complete
treatment with connecting paths and small
terraces, statuary, a sundial, a fountain, and a
broad selection of plants.
'Work begins this spring, with most of the
work being done over the summer. 'We hope
to have a completion date in the eariy fall.
How truly blessed we are to gain one more
concentrated, enchanting area of beauty in
this paradisiacal background. As such, it is an
especially warm and substantive tribute to
Mary Law Taylor, the Master Gardener.
— ©Meta ^lass on <^weet t^^aat t^touse -
1970, Sweet Briar House has been included
in the 'Virginia Historic Landmarks Register,
and is on the National Register of Historic
Places.
The east garden plan will complement
and gracefully integrate with the rest of the
grounds at Sweet Briar House. In the mag-
nificent collection of trees there is a Magnolia
grandiflora, a very large American holly, the
venerable weeping hemlock, a sweet buck-
eye tree, a katshura tree, and black walnuts,
to mention only a few. And finally, the large
collection of American boxwood, numbering
over 300 and reaching over 20 feet in height,
were likely brought to this country sometime
between 1830 and 1860 from Kew Gardens
by Elijah Fletcher. John Creech, retired
director of the National Arboretum, declared
that these giant dark green tree-shrubs make
the grounds at Sweet Briar House one of
the few native American gardens in tliis
country.
The evolution of the changing architec-
tural style at Sweet Briar House is similar to
the evolving landscape plans for the grounds.
Sweet Briar House has long been due for a
large porch or tenrace that connects usefully
to the outside. Thanks to Mr. Taylor, this
dream wUl come true with the establishment
of the Mary Law Taylor Boxwood Terrace
Garden and the renovation of Daisy's
Garden.
S W E E
BRIAR COLLEGE
WINTER FORUMS 1994
Health Care Reform in the
Uiiited States:
PERSPECTIVES ON THE PRESIDENT'S PRESCRIPTION
It is rare that an educational institution
has the opportunity to present a lecture series
which is both exquisitely timely and of
universal interest. With Winter Forums 1994,
Sweet Briar had such an opportunity. Health
care is of interest to each of us, from those
all-important prenatal visits, through our
childhood illnesses and the occasional
accidents which might befall us, to that final
moment at which we are pronounced to
have entered our eternal rest. The topic is
especially timely, due to the Clinton
Administration's decision to focus upon a
refomi of the current health care system.
Although there appears to be broad agree-
ment that health care reform is needed, there
is currently little agreement as to the form
that reform should take. Our Foaim lectures
attempted to shed some light on that question.
The series was opened by President
Barbara Hill, who welcomed the large audi-
ence of hardy souls who braved icy winter
weather to attend the first lecture. Dr. Barbara
Perry, chair of Sweet Briar's Department of
Government, was our first speaker; she holds
a bachelor's degree in political science from
the University of Louisville, a master's degree
in politics and philosophy from Oxford
University, and the Ph.D. in American
government from the University of Virginia.
In addition to her professional interests in the
American judiciary and in civil liberties, she
has made a special study of the Clinton plan
for health care reform. As the full text runs to
some 1,340 pages, her audience greatly ap-
preciated her ability to simplify and explain
that complex document.
Professor Perry began with a straw poll
of the audience, from which it was clear that
most audience members were happy with
the quality of health care they were receiv-
ing, but that most also had experienced or
ALTHOUGH THERE
APPEARS TO BE
BROAD AGREEMENT
THAT HEALTH CARE
REFORM IS NEEDED,
THERE IS
CURRENTLY LITTLE
AGREEMENT AS TO
THE FORM THAT
REFORM SHOULD
TAKE.
heard of a complaint regarding billing, cover-
age, or other aspects of the health care sys-
tem. She then provided a brief review of
several of the most important temis and
concepts in the health care vocabulary, and
went on to explain the key points of the
Administration's proposal. She compared that
proposal with several other plans in circula-
tion, coming to the conclusion that the
Clinton plan represented a moderate position
on several important health care issues. Dr.
Perry's presentation, very well received,
engendered lively commentary from the
audience in the question and answer period
following her address.
BY ROBIN LEE DAVIES
Assistant Professor of Biology and Cliair,
Winter Forums Committee
Sweet Briar College
The second address was by Mr. Richard
Hariow, president of the Virginia Association
of Life Underwriters. As Mr. Hariow has
nearly 30 years' experience in the insurance
industry and serves on the health committees
of the Virginia and National Associations of
Life Underwriters, he is particulariy well-
qualified to address the role of the private
health insurance industry in health care
reform.
The Clinton plan exempts large busi-
nesses (those with 5,000 or more employees).
Mr. Hariow noted that 95 percent of all U.S.
businesses are small (250 or fewer employ-
ees), and that generally those companies do
not have the resources to employ an indi-
vidual solely to select and manage their
employee health benefits. He discussed the
kinds of assistance the insurance broker
provides for such employers, including selec-
tion of the best available plan, employee
education, and representation of the insured
or the employer when there are disputes
with the insurance company. He discussed
the Clinton plan and presented the Associa-
tion of Health Insurance Agents plan for
reform. Mr. Harlow outlined the areas of
agreement between the two plans, among
them universal health insurance, portability of
coverage, and the elimination of preexisting
conditions clauses. As opposed to the Clinton
plan, however, the insurance industry plan
suggests the creation of non-exclusive health
alliances so that private industry can compete
with the government offerings, tlius preserv-
ing choices for American employers and their
employees. Mr. Hariow also spoke to the
need for tort reform to limit excessive awards
and eliminate expensive and useless "defen-
sive medicine." Finally, Mr. Hariow urged his
audience to become educated consumers of
health care services, asking for an estimate of
ALUMNAE MAGAZINE
IT IS CLEAR THAT HEALTH CARE REFORM LEGISLATION
WILL BE EORTHCOMING. IT IS TO THE ADVANTAGE OF EACH
OF US TO ENSURE THAT OUR LEGISLATORS SELECT THE BEST
AND WISEST PLAN POSSIBLE.
the costs of a proposed treatment, asking if
alternative procedures are available, and asking
for and examining itemized hospital bills.
Following a one-week hiatus caused by
our January ice storm, Dr. Charles Cangialose,
a Fellow of the Thomas Jefferson Health
Policy Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia,
provided an economist's view of the health
care situation. Dr. Cangialose earned his
Ph.D. in economics from the University of
Virginia; his dissertation research concen-
trated on the area of health economics. In
addition to his fellowship, he is an assistant
professor at the Medical College of Virginia,
teaching a graduate course in health economics,
and he established and served as president of
Commonwealth Health Alliance, a managed
health care organization in Charlottesville.
Dr. Cangialose presented an historical
overview of health care spending in the
United .States over the last several decades.
He noted that health care spending con-
sumed only 4 percent of our gross domestic
product between 1929 and 1955, but that it
rose to 6 percent in 1965, and is currently
expected to reach 12 percent in 1995. He
explained that the rapid increase following
World War II was due to the provision of
medical benefits by employers as a way to
attract employees, and that the jump in 1965-
66 was due to the initiation of the Medicare
program. He pointed out that the price of
health care is continually increasing relative
to the prices of other goods and services. The
increased price is a result of the increased
demand for health care services, which has
not been offset by an equal increase in sup-
ply. The increased demand has been brought
about by several factors, including the in-
volvement of the government, the availability
of health insurance, preferential tax treatment
of health care expenses, and the shift in
demographics which has resulted in an older
U.S. population. Mr. Cangialose predicted
that, according to the laws of supply and
demand, the expected result of the Clinton
plan would be increased spending on health
care, not less.
Our final speaker, Dr. Percy Wootton. is
a member of the Board of Trustees of the
American Medical Association. He received
his M.D. degree from the Medical College of
Virginia and, following an internship at
Roanoke Memorial Hospital, he returned to
the Medical College of Virginia for his resi-
dency; he is an associate professor there. An
intemist in private practice with a subspe-
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
cialty in cardiology, he was able to speak
from his perspectives as a practicing physi-
cian, as well as a representative of the AMA.
Dr. Wootton presented the AMA's plan for
health care reform, "Health Access America,"
which he noted was prepared and presented
to Congress while President Clinton was still
governor of Arkansas.
"Health Access America" developed as a
result of the realization that many Americans
are not receiving the best health care pos-
sible, even though the quality of health care
available in this country is arguably the best
to be found anywhere in the world. As physi-
cians genuinely interested in the welfare of
their patients, the members of the AMA's
Council on Legislation sought to formulate a
plan to address the problems they perceived
with the current system. The AMA plan en-
dorses universal access to health care, a
common health insurance reimbursement
form, portability of coverage, the abolishment
of preexisting conditions clauses, and the
preservation of choice in the selection of
health care providers. Dr. Wootton noted that
several aspects of the doctor-patient relation-
ship might be altered or limited under the
Clinton plan, and that those changes might
not necessarily be in the best interests of the
patient. He asked the audience to evaluate
carefully the effects of the proposed Clinton
plan on their own health care, and to write to
their Congressmen voicing their opinions on
those effects.
Attempting to follow the course of the
health care reform debate has undoubtedly
proved to be a challenge for any educated
reader. The multiplicity of plans, the com-
plexity of the issues, the basic disagreements
over actual numbers of uninsured Americans,
and the projected costs of each plan have all
contributed to the difficulty of the analysis.
Thus, I felt fortunate to have had the oppor-
tunity to participate in Winter Forums 1994.
The series clarified the major points of sev-
eral of the proposed reform plans and gave a
context from which one might make a judg-
ment. I will echo the comment of several of
our speakers and urge each of you to study
the issues involved, make an informed deci-
sion, and then to write your Congressman or
Congresswoman to give him or her the ben-
efit of your deliberations. It is clear that
health care refomi legislation will be forth-
coming. It is to the advantage of each of us
to ensure that our legislators select the best
and wisest plan possible.
FACING PAGE:
L-r; Professor Robin
Davies (Biology),
Chair, Winter
Forums Committee;
Professor Barbara
Perry (Government),
first Forum speaker
("The Clinton Health
Care Plan: The
RightPrescription?");
SBC President
Barbara Hill
THIS PAGE, TOP
TO BOTTOM:
L-r: SBC Professor
John McClenon
(Chemistry) with
Richard L. Harlow,
President, Virginia
Association of Life
Underwriters and
second of the
Series speakers
("The Private
Insurance Industry
Under The Clinton
Plan")
L-r: SBC Professor
William Hosteller
(Economics) with
Dr. Charies
Cangialose, Fellow
of the Thomas
Jefferson Health
Policy Institute in
Charlottesville, third
Forum speaker,
who presented an
historical overview
of health care
spending in the
USA over the last
several decades
L-r: Robin Davies
with final speaker
Percy Wootton,
M.D., member of
the Board of
Trustees of the
American Medical
Association ("The
Viewpoint of the
American Medical
Association")
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w
hen the Friends of
the Sweet Briar
Library held their
spring meeting in
1993, it coincided
with the Ewaid
Symposium focusing
upon Native Americans, so those who
attended were able to be thrilled by the Great
American Indian Dancers and the eloquence
of Pulitzer Prize novelist N. Scott Momaday,
and intrigued by Kevin Locke's performance
upon the flute and as a hoop dancer.
But to many from Sweet Briar one of the
most interesting moments came on Saturday
moming when Phyllis Hicks, leader of the
local Monacan Indians, spoke of her
people's struggle to preserve their heritage.
from the county so that they might enter the
College as day students. Liis father per-
suaded young Arthur to take an interest in
the neglected residents of the little Indian
colony. The result was that during the sum-
mer of 1908, just before Arthur left to attend
the Seminary in Alexandria, a church and
school, St. Paul's Mission, were constructed.
The Mission school and the College were
thus neariy the same age.
The relationship became a close one.
The Bum Chums made the Mission their
special mission, visiting it regulariy to pro-
vide recreation for the children. Teachers
were provided by the county, and rent-free
buildings and deaconesses to supervise
activities by Ascension Church, whose minis-
ter regularly served the Monacan community.
Sweet Briar and Tobacco Row
The efforts of this group, some of whom still
live on Tobacco Row at the foot of High
Peak behind Sweet Briar, to keep alive their
distinctive culture, are ably described in Dr.
Pete Houck's book Indian Island in Amherst
County. To Amherst County residents they
were traditionally known as "Issues," a term
deriving from the phrase "free issues," used
to describe the offspring of manumitted
slaves; this name was as bitterly resented by
the Indians as the word "nigger" was by
blacks. As education in pre-Civil Rights
■Virginia was entirely in segregated schools,
the only place the Indian population would
have been allowed was in schools for blacks;
to attend these the Monacan tribe of Tobacco
Row absolutely refused. So early generations
of these families grew up without any fomi
of schooling, supporting themselves mainly
as tobacco farmers.
In the summer of 1906 Sweet Briar
College was preparing to open its doors to
its first students. The Reverend Arthur Gray,
pastor of Ascension Church in Amherst Court
House, was a member of the founding Board
of the College; one of the first dorms was
named after him. His son Arthur Gray II, a
student at the University of 'Virginia, spent
that summer tutoring some young women
BY RICHARD C. ROWLAND
Charles A. Dana Professor of English Emeritus
and Co-Editor, Sweef Briar College Library Gazette
The relationship with the College was
warm, although damaged in 1925 by the
publication of a book by Arthur Estabrook
and Ivan McDougle describing the life of
these people under the unfortunate title
Mongrel Virginians. McDougle taught
economics and sociology at Sweet Briar from
1919 to 1924. The book was based upon
information gathered by McDougle's senior
students in sociology and, although it pre-
sents itself as a detached scientific study, it is
in fact a severely biased attack upon the
morals and life of Monacan Indians,
presented as the "'Win" tribe. The book
understandably caused bitter resentment
among the Monacans, but was accepted as
justification for all their prejudices by many
white residents of Amherst County. In 1924
■Virginia passed a "Racial Integrity Act" which
forbade marriage between people with any
tincture of anotlier race, forcing a number of
"Issues" to travel to 'West 'Virginia or Mary-
land if they sought to marry outside their
own people.
Bertha Pfister 'Wailes '17, an Amherst
County student who afterwards taught at Sweet
Briar from 1924 to 1960, later redeemed the
name of Sweet Briar's sociology department
by her sympathetic studies of the ""Win"
tribe. But even after the Civil Rights Act of
1954 Amherst County schools would not
admit the Indians, though they gradually and
grudgingly accepted the blacks of the
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
Portrait of Bowman Knuckles by Jen Ayres
county. In fact Elizabeth Burke Cabell, whose
husband Dr. William Cabell had been one of
the founders of the county, was the grand-
daughter of a full-blooded Indian, and her
first cousin had been the mother of John
Floyd, who became Governor of the
Commonwealth in 1830.
Finally in 1963 Richmond ordered the
admission of 23 Monacan children to the
Amherst schools. In 1971 the first of these
graduated from Amherst High School, St. Paul's
Mission closed its school in 1963, there being
no further need for it, and the bond between
that community and Sweet Briar became less
'Wb one ever loved Sweet Briar more than
Boivman — every tree, every flower "
strong, although the early years of integra-
tion were not easy for the children from
Tobacco Row.
But to many of us who lived at Sweet
Briar in those days, the connection with that
community was through Mr. Bowman
Knuckles, a member of the Buildings and
Grounds staff. With his partner, Mr. Edgar
Schaar (who still lives in a retirement home
in Roseland), he clipped our hedges,
shoveled paths to our front doors when it
snowed, and with his mule Nelly, lovingly
tended a beautiful garden at the bottom of
the slope behind the nursery school, with
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tree peonies and roses as well as vegetables.
He lived on the one-lane stretch of Waugh's
Ferry Road. It is hard to describe the sweet-
ness of this soul with his baggy pants and
benevolent smile. "He was a real gentleman,"
says Eli2abeth Sprague, longtime professor of
biology. Ruth Dickens, who worked in the
Book Shop and was his neighbor on Waugh's
Ferry Road, says, "No one ever loved Sweet
Briar more than Bowman — every tree, every
flower."
Records do not go back far enough to
show when Bowman first was employed at
Sweet Briar. In 1944 he was working at the
Physical Education Building at an hourly
wage of 35 cents. In 1965, five years before
his retirement, he was listed as a gardener,
then earning $1.65 an hour. On such wages
he raised three children and maintained his
home garden, from which he sold vegetables
to his neighbors. I am sure that much of his
work was not reimbursed; if it snowed on
Saturday night you woke in the morning to
the sound of Bowman clearing your door-
step; when the new greenhouse was built,
Elizabeth Sprague arrived early one morning
to find Bowman planting an exuberant climb-
ing rose, "which was just what that wall
needed."
Bowman was much respected by his
own people, a lay leader in the Mission
church, a loving father and grandfather.
When he retired in 1970 at the age of 80, the
late Mary Ann Lee, professor of mathematics,
gave the College a portrait of him painted by
Jen Ayres, a Lynchburg artist. This hung in
the Book Shop for a long time, and then was
moved to Guion Science Library. It caught
admirably his shy, gentle smile and inherent
dignity.
After his retirement, he went to Balti-
more where one son was a member of the
Fire Department, but he died within a year. A
handsome cedar tree, cedrus atlantica, on
the road which runs past Fletcher towards
the chapel, opposite the copper beech
planted in memory of Miss Dee Long of the
English department, bears a plaque which
reads:
Bowman Knuckles
1890-1971
For nearly 60 years
his loving toil
made Sweet Briar more Ixautifiil.
When this was dedicated, a memorial
service was held, attended by his children
and grandchildren and those who loved him
at Sweet Briar.
Not long ago his portrait was moved to
the main library. It is a touching reminder of
Bowman Knuckles and, by extension, of
many other devoted friends of the College
who have served it so quietly with such
modest material reward over the years.
This article originally appeared in the Spring
1993 issue of the Sweet Briar College Library
Gazette, and is reprinted here with permission.
The following letter was written
to Professor Rowland this past winter.
Januarys, 1994
Dear Mr. Rowland,
Yesterday when I cleaned up the pile of stuff on my desk, I discovered the spring issue
of the SBC Library Gazette and your article about Bowman Knuckles and the "Issues."
It brought back a flood of memories about him and the Indian Mission. I knew Bowman
and I remember stopping at his house one time when one of my classmates and I took
a walk out Waugh's Ferry Road. I also remember being impressed with the number of
books that were in a bookcase in his living room, including a copy of A Harmony of the
Synoptic Gospels, which was the textbook for one of the religion courses at SBC.
When I was in graduate school at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, I discovered
the book Mongrel Virginians in the university library. I am a mathematician, not a
sociologist, but the book horrified me — I thought it was terrible.
While I was at Sweet Briar ('40-'44), I was part of the YWCA committee that went to
the Mission every week to play games with the children in the school. Miss Isabel Wagner
was in charge of the Mission dunng those years and she picked us up at the Information
Office and brought us back. The older children's favorite game was baseball. They had
no bat so they used a piece of 2x4 instead.
Junior year, a group of us stayed on campus during spring vacation, at the cabin on
Paul's Mountain. During that week I spent a day at the Mission school. Mrs. Sandidge,
the wife of Dr. Sandidge in Amherst, was the teacher, and she took me. It was an
interesting day — a one-room school in the truest sense of the word, with very few
amenities or supplies. I helped a reading class in which the children took turns reading
aloud, but there was only one book, so they had to pass it from child to child. The paper
the children used was "recycled" (the term had not been invented yet) from the typing
classes at E.G. Glass High School in Lynchburg. The Mission students used the back
sides of the paper.
Senior year after I finished exams a friend and I hiked cross-country to the Mission to
spend the night with Miss Wagner. The next day was Sunday. We went to church there
and then Miss Wagner drove us to Ascension for its service, and the Ramage sisters took
us back to school. After graduation I stayed a few days and took my Girl Scout Troop of
eight girls from Amherst on an ovemight hike to the Mission and back.
I kept up with the Mission for several years because my parents retired to Amherst in
1947, and I was married in Ascension Church in 1949.
I think my experiences with the Mission in a way prepared me so that I was not too
shocked when I got involved with a very poor village in Nicaragua in 1 978 — a connection
I continue to maintain.
Sincerely,
Virginia Noyes Pillsbury '44
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WHAT'S NEW
Prothro Commons
Going Green
It's been a big year at Prothro Commons.
In September, the facility was rated by
students as having the best food in the
country among college dining halls in the
1994 Princeton Review guidebook, The Best
286 Colleges. This was the second year in a
row for winning that honor. Now Prothro
Commons is going "green." As part of the
College's campuswide recycling effort. Food
Services Director Archie Waldron has in-
stalled a state-of-the-art recycling system that
officials hope will reduce food waste volume
by up to 85 percent.
The new system uses an enclosed water
slurry system to break down food waste.
Leftover food, preparation waste such as
lettuce cores, some plastic packing materials
and cardboard boxes, which all previously
went into garbage cans, are fed into the
system. Waste products are washed, pulped,
and dehydrated. The end product is a com-
bustible pulp which can be used to replenish
topsoil around campus. Waldron describes
the system as "basically a giant garbage
disposal."
Sweet Briar is the first college
in the Lynchburg area to use the
waste pulping recycling system.
"Reducing our waste volume
by 85 percent will save one to two
10 cubic-yard trash trucks from
going to the county landfill every
week," says Waldron.
College officials estimate that
Prothro Commons pays $8,000 to
$10,000 per year in county landfill
fees. The College expects the
$57,000 recycling system to pay for
itself in about six years through
savings from those fees. There are
also other cost benefits, including
savings on garbage cans, trash bags,
and water. Previously, the dining
facility used one to two gallons of
water per minute. The contained
water slurry system uses only 40
gallons per day and re-cycles
Food wastes from the kitchen and sa:aped
from trays are deposited into a hopper and
carried off in a water slurry to the pulping
machine. Stainless steel blades chop wastes
into a pulp, which is piped through the
ceiling to a water press in the back of the
kitchen near the loading dock. An auger in
the machine squeezes water out of the pulp
and ejects it into a trash can. The clean, semi-
dry pulp can then be composted or hauled
away. Because the pulp is so dense, it takes
up less volume than regular trash.
At the end of the day, workers feed
cardboard cartons through the system to scour
out built-up grease and muck. "Just like a
human digestive system," laughs Waldron,
"these machines need a little fiber in their diets."
Installation of the system is part of a
coordinated effort to incorporate recycling
campuswide. The College is replacing its old
collection trailer with two new compartmen-
talized recycling bins to be centrally located
on campus. Glass, tin cans, aluminum foil,
plastic, and other noncompostable waste
from the dining hall are collected, along with
newspapers, aluminum cans, office paper,
and other materials.
water internally in the system.
Archie Waldron "feeds" the disposal.
"There's no law requiring us to take
these steps," says Waldron. "This system
allows us to be environmentally conscious in
our operation at a very small cost; we hope
we'll save money. However, further down
the road, such systems may become required
for all food service facilities."
The pulping system is from Hobart, a
brand name manufacturer of food service
equipment in Troy, OH. Though other com-
panies offer similar pulping systems, Waldron
went with Hobart because there is a com-
pany service representative in Lynchburg to
provide technical assistance and warrantied
maintenance.
Prothro Commons serves three meals per
day, seven days a week to 560 students plus
faculty and staff.
By Dave Blount, SBC Assistant Director,
Marketing Communications
The Sweet Briar Book Shop
Just Keeps Getting Better,
And Better, And Better...
The last time you visited the Book
Shop during Reunion, you thought it
couldn't get any better, right' Wron^.
The new addition to its west end, com-
pleted in time for the Christmas rush, not
only offers extra space for merchandise; it
also houses the Boxwood Cafe (see cover
photo), an inviting spot which draws stu-
dents, faculty, staff, and drop-in visitors
throughout the day. They gather there as past
SBCers flocked to the old Boxwood Inn for
coffee and camaraderie. But this Boxwood
Cafe offers fancier palate pleasers as well —
for instance, espresso; cappuccino;
chococcinno; mochaccinno; and a big winner
during the ice storms of 1994, hot spiced
cider. And that's not the only temptation to
become a devotee: a series of readings from
12 noon until 1:00, given by current residents
at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts and
dubbed "Food for Thought," fill the cafe.
It's come a long way. Baby! The first
"book shop" was operated out of a closet in
the original classroom building. Academic
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TOP TO BOTTOM:
New Book shop addition featuring beautiful
bay window.
"Mr. SBC Book Shop": Skipper Fitts.
Susan Barney, Madison Heights, VA, who will
enter Sweet Briar with the class of 1 998 in
September, has already discovered the delight
of Book Shop shopping!
(renamed Benedict). Gradual upward moves
located it in Garden Cottage and the former
Alumnae House (now the home of the devel-
opment and public relations offices). In 1963,
the late Dr. Carol Rice designed the present
structure, which was enlarged with an addi-
tion in 1979.
Self-sustaining, it pays for its own
improvements out of working capital, and
profits go to the scholarship program. Under-
standably proud of the Book Shop's success,
manager Roscoe "Skipper" Fitts attributes this
to the fact that it is much more than a text-
book/supply store: "It offers lots more in
temis of service, merchandise, and ambience
than most college bookstores," he says,
adding that "Textbook sales are less than 20
percent of total sales." The other 80 percent
is a combination of clothes, computers,
cosmetics, gifts of every sort, greeting cards,
jewelry, SBC items, tapes and cassettes, trade
books and paperbacks (any they don't have
in stock, they will order for you). ..and now
cappuccino. Longtime Book Shop staff mem-
ber Dorothy Sales once responded to an
expression of wonder at the variety of mer-
chandise with, "Yes'm, we've got everything
but secondhand cars, and after Christmas I
reckon we'll have those." Dorothy, who
began her Book Shop career in 1945, has
worked with four managers ("Miss Ruby"
Walker, Helen McMahon '23, Helen Montague,
Skipper Fitts). She retires this June with 51
years' service to the College, after "graduat-
ing" as an honorary member of the Class of
1994 in May.
What else is new at the Book Shop? A
toll free number, of course! Call them any
time at 800-381-6106 to order "everything but
secondhand cars."
Wedding Bells!
SBC's Director of the Riding Program
and Professor of Physical Education
Paul D. Cronin, and Elizabeth Ann
Swift, a State Department Foreign Service
Officer from Washington, D.C., were married
at St. John's, Hyde Park, London, on
December 23, 1993. Professor Cronin's sons,
Peter Fleming Cronin of San Francisco, and
David Richmond Cronin of Sweet Briar,
witnessed the ceremony.
Mrs. Cronin will complete her tour as the
Consul General at the United States Embassy
in London before coming to make Sweet
Briar her permanent home.
L-r: Paul Cronin; The Reverend Oliver Ross;
Ann Cronin, St. John's, Hyde Park Church of
England
President Hill Elected to
Board, Committee
President Barbara Hill has been invited
to serve on the Commission on
Governmental Relations of the
American Council on Education. The
Commission, one of the Council's most
important groups, advises the organization
on a broad range of issues in which congres-
sional and executive branch actions affect
colleges and universities.
She also has been elected to a three-year
term on the Board of Directors for the
National Association of Independent Colleges
and liniversities. The national organization
represents private colleges and universities
on public policy issues with the legislative,
executive, and regulatory branches of the
federal government.
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e
On The Bounding Main
This is the second report by Judy LeHardy on the sailing trip she and her husband
Ward are taking around the world aboard their 39-foot cutter, Cormorant.
Her first report appeared in the Winter 1993 issue, taking the LeHardys
from East Coast USA. to the island ofMoorea in French Polynesia.
Judy with children of Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands.
After several days in beautiful Bora Bora,
we set sail for Pago Pago, American Samoa,
a journey of about 800 miles. The widely-
scattered Cook Islands lay directly in our
path, so we planned a rest stop at tiny,
isolated Suvarov Atoll.
One family lives on Suvarov, a national
park since the mid-1980s, and we were
warmly welcomed by Tangy Jimmy and his
wife, daughter, and grandchildren. We and
the few other yachts there gave them a few
extra provisions they needed; they in turn
provided lively conversation, along with rice
cakes cooked on an open fire, freshly-caught
BY JUDY NEVINS LEHARDY '59
fish, and exotic shells. It was amazing to us
how contented these people were, away
from all trappings of modem civilization.
American Samoa was a disappointment.
Pago Pago, one of the finest harbors in the
Pacific, once very beautiful, is now crowded
and dirty. Nearly 50 percent of the workforce
is on the U.S. Government payroll, and many
others receive unemployment benefits; a
spirit of apathy is apparent. We hurried with
our provisioning, leaving as soon as possible
for Apia, Western Samoa, an overnight sail.
The tranquility of Apia contrasts sharply
with chaotic American Samoa. Met by Chief
Vai Alai'lima, who was told by a friend to
expect us, we were treated to five days of
traditional Samoan hospitality. We hiked to
Robert Louis Stevenson's grave atop a hill in
the harbor, and watched Samoan dancing at
the legendary Aggie Grey's hotel, overiook-
ing the harbor. On a two-day trip accompa-
nying Vai to his ancestral island of Savaii, we
were honored at a Kava (sacred tea) Cer-
emony, a feast, and were called on to take
our turn in an evening of local dancing. We
left loaded down with gifts of a freshly-killed
pig, finely-woven straw mats, and the ad-
dresses of many new friends.
On Western Samoa, one of the poorest
nations on earth, the people seem contented
with their large families, thatched houses, the
food that they grow, and strong ties to their
village church, the center of activity.
Three days' sail took us to the Kingdom
of Tonga. There we spent a week in the
Vava'u Group, a cruising ground much like
the British 'Virgin Islands. Then on to the Fiji
Islands, where most cruisers spend weeks, or
even months. We pressed on after an intense
10-day period of repairs and provisioning,
enjoying some fine Indian curry dishes and
excellent Chinese cuisine in this clean, effi-
cient, former British colony.
The island nation of Vanuatu, known as
New Hebrides until its independence from
the British and French in 1980, lay next in
our path. Here we had our first of many
experiences of friendly natives swarming
around the boat in their dugout canoes. In
Luganville on the island of Espiritu Santo, we
saw where John F. Kennedy's PT 109 was
based during World War II. Farther inland we
walked on an overgrown bomber field that
^upported the battles of Guadalcanal and the
Coral Sea. All this was of great interest to us,
as both our naval officer fathers had fought
in the South Pacific.
We put the Solomon Islands on our
itinerary because Ward's father lost his life in
the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on Novem-
ber 13, 1942. On that same date, 50 years
later, we cruised over the spot in Ironbottom
Sound where the action occurred, following
the exact course of the U.S.S. San Francisco
on that fateful night.
Also in the Solomon Islands, we visited
enchanting Santa Ana Island, where the
friendly, polite children of the tiny village of
Gupuna showed us around for three days.
We had met the daughter of a Gupuna family
in the U.S., and paid a visit to her family.
On Santa Ana there are no stores, tele-
phones, vehicles, paved roads, or electric
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Ward and Judy in the Whitsunday Islands, Australia; Cormorant in background.
lights, though recently installed above-ground
water pipes bring water to the thatched
houses from a large freshwater lake nearby.
The people grow their own food and export
copra, a coconut product. Exquisite wood-
carving inlaid with mother-of-peari is a
specialty of Santa Ana.
Younger children share a school located
in the island's center with another small
village. Teenagers live with relatives in the
capital city of Honiara for their schooling. A
weekly plane lands at the crude airstrip, a 20-
minute walk along a hilly path. A clinic and
two churches serve as gathering places. We
attended Sunday service at the large, open-air
Anglican church. The church was full, and
the rich harmony of the congregational sing-
ing was indeed "a joyful noise unto the Lord,"
Ahead of us was a 1,000 mile voyage to
Australia. We set out from Honiara with
another boat, Sea Quest, from New Zealand.
Winds were light, sometimes nonexistent;
after using much of our fuel supply we
stopped halfway at a tiny French atoll,
Chesterfield Reef, to wait for wind. Only birds
inhabit this isolated spot. We walked with
fascination and great care among the nests of
these creatures who know no predators.
One week later, 300 miles off the coast
of Australia, we were suddenly hit without
warning by a fierce little stom: packing winds
of 60 to 85 knots. During the half-hour blow
our forestay broke, sending the jib and furi-
ing system crashing into the sea. The boat
heeled over so far that water flowed in
through side vents to fill the bilge and soak
the contents of many cabinets. The bimini
(canvas cockpit cover) collapsed, covering
Ward as he tried to hold the wheel down.
After some tense moments, we managed to
release the main sheet, righting the boat. We
knew the worst was over as the wind sub-
sided, the sun came out, and we were able to
establish radio contact with Sea Quest, which
had suffered only a torn mizzen sail. After
bailing out the cabin floor and bilge (the
pump failed!), and lashing down the jib and
broken rigging, we were on our way again,
in close company with Sea Quest, which
transferred some of its large supply of fuel to
us in jugs and remained close by as we motor-
sailed the remaining three days to Brisbane.
Cormorant remained in Australian waters
for 10 months. After repairing and refitting
the boat at the Mooloolaba Yacht Club, just
north of Brisbane, we took an extensive land
trip, visiting the major cities in the east and
the island of Tasmania. We found the Austra-
lian people warm and hospitable, and
formed many fast friendships. Joining a small
Anglican church in the town of Mooloolaba,
we were taken in as family, and visited in the
homes of relatives of some of our new
friends during our travels.
In April '93 we set sail on our trip up the
Great Barrier Reef and "over the top" to
Darwin. Traveling in a changing "flotilla" of
five or more boats from all different nations,
we stopped each night at such places as the
■Whitsunday Islands, Cairns, Cooktown, Lizard
Island, and the tip of Cape York. With the
wind behind us and the Reef to keep the
seas flat, the sailing was unsurpassed, as was
the snorkeling in these sparkling waters.
Arriving in Darwin in early July, we
hauled Cormorant, leaving her in a boat yard
while we took a 10-week trip to the U.S. to
see aO of our family and attend the wedding
of one of our sons.
Our ever-increasing circle of sailing
friends includes people from all over the
world and all walks of life. We agree that if it
were left up to the people, instead of the
governments of nations, the worid would
indeed be a peaceful place.
Ed. Note: In her 1/28/94 note accompanying
this piece, written in Thailand, Judy wrote:
"We have come through Indonesia,
Singapore, and Malaysia, and recently took a
tivo-week trip by air to Vietnam and Hong
Kong. Next loeek we leave for Sri Lanka, and
hope to go up the Red Sea in March/April —
Cyprus in May, then sail the Greek Isles all
summer. "
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Mara Ryan '81 , RN:
Transplant Coordinator
On meeting Mara Ryan, you are
impressed with her calm, soft-
spoken manner and warm smile.
You would never guess that she is involved
in difficult and delicate life-and-death deci-
sions every day. As Transplant Coordinator of
the New Jersey Organ and Tissue Sharing
Network, Ryan is responsible for managing
all aspects of a transplant.
Working on a four-day-on-
call schedule, she may travel
to anywhere in the state of
New Jersey to work inten-
sively on a case for 24 hours
or more.
Her first responsibility is
to ensure proper care of the
donor patient. Every case is
different, but Ryan says, "A
nurse never works so hard
as she does when taking
care of a brain-dead person."
In these cases, she draws on
all of her experience as an
intensive care nurse to do for
tlie patient everything that
the brain would do to keep
the body functioning until a
transplant can be arranged.
The next and most
emotionally demanding step is obtaining
permission from the donor patient's family.
"It is most difficult when I must go to the
parents of a child, or when the death is
horribly unexpected. Unfortunately, sudden,
unexpected death is usually the case." The
family is under no obligation to consent, and
sometimes it is just too much for a family
member to agree to tissue or organ donation.
It is a time when "yes" and "no" are both
right answers. "We want to be sure that the
family feels comfortable with the decision,
and that they understand that the patient is
brain-dead. We don't encourage contact
between the families, although this may
happen in very publicized cases." There are
two reasons. First, if the recipient dies, the
donor family may feel that they are losing
Mara Ryan: Seeking challenges
involving people
their loved one all over again. For the recipi-
ent family, there is some guilt over benefiting
from another's misfortune. Sometimes the
recipient family will write a letter of thanks,
and Ryan will share it with the donor family.
All letters remain on file so that if a donor
family initially declines to see the letter, but
decides later to do so, they may. Occasion-
ally, it can help the grieving process for the
donor family to have the comfort of knowing
that something good came out of tragedy.
^ Once approval is
I received, the process
§ must move quickly.
I Ryan and others ana-
I lyze the donor's medi-
§ cal records and the list
of those needing trans-
plants to see if there is
a match. If so, she
coordinates the operat-
ing .schedule and ad-
mission of the recipient
to the hospital for
.surgery.
What is the route
from Sweet Briar to
Transplant Coordinator?
Would you believe a
public relations job,
nursing school, and
Club Med? In fact, it's
all a perfect preparation.
Ryan received her AB in sociology. "Sweet
Briar taught me how to communicate, and to
believe that I can do anything I want to do."
This attitude is enhanced by the example of
her parents: her father is a plastic surgeon
and her mother a former school teacher.
Seeking challenges involving people is at
the core of all of Ryan's work. After gradua-
tion, she joined a public relations firm where
she was responsible for daily operations, and
for managing client relations. This experience
helps with another aspect of her job, hospital
development work. When there is no crisis to
deal with, she develops relationships with
hospital doctors and nurses, and gives in-
service educational programs to create
awareness of the need for transplants and
facilitate donorships.
Ryan went to nursing school at St.
Vincent's in New York, then worked at St.
Vincent's as a general surgery nurse, and a
surgical intensive care trauma nurse. It was
there, while caring for donor patients, that
she became interested in the transplant pro-
gram. "I remember this little giri who had no
parents, and her aunt wouldn't consent to the
donation. I was acting as translator for the
coordinator."
Then she took a job that any of us
would envy. She became the Village Nurse at
various Club Med, Inc. locations. Imagine
two years spent in Florida, Tahiti, Colorado,
and Mexico! A nurse located 12 or more
miles from the nearest hospital learns to think
for herself — especially when her nursing
partner is French and missing most of the
time, due to pressing personal commitments!
"Tills experience gave me the courage to do
something like the Sharing Network. It taught
me how to handle situations where I walk in
and never know what to expect."
The Transplant Coordinator is also an
ambassador to the public, responsible for
advancing our awareness of the need for
organ and tissue donation.
The number of organ transplants per-
fomied in the U.S. has risen from 12,786 in
1988 to 16,048 in 1991. This is just a fraction
of the need. There are over 30,000 people
across the country who are currently on
waiting lists for organ transplants. Statistics
show that it is possible to do much better
with greater public awareness and education.
It is estimated that 20,000 to 25,000 brain
deaths occur in the U.S. each year, but only
20% of those people are organ and tissue
donors.
"One myth I try hard to dispel is that if
you sign a donor card, and something hap-
pens to you, you won't be taken care of. It's
just the opposite. You will receive optimum
care and attention." The transplant/recovery
team is only called in after death has oc-
curred or is imminent, and will do everything
possible for the patient because "the body
must be in the best possible condition to
pemiit a transplant or tissue donation."
Another thing that is not well understood
is that you must register with a program and
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get on tlie list before you will be considered
for a transplant.
Due to advances in medicine, near
miracles are possible. It is wonderful that
children with cancer in a limb may avoid
amputation because a bone tissue transplant
can be used to reconstruct the limb. We are
all familiar with people living with kidney
disease and dependent on dialysis treatments.
Kidney transplants occur frequently now, and
permit a much healthier and more normal life
for the recipient. As Ryan recently told an
alumna, heart valves from a donor patient
don't have to be replaced every two or three
years as mechanical valves do.
Mara Ryan hopes that the next time
someone asks you to sign a donor card, you
will understand the program better, and sign
up with confidence in the care you will
receive and the possibility that you may help
someone else. Her work is intense and de-
manding, but she is gratified by the positive
comments she receives from doctors, nurses,
and families. She isn't concentrating on the
next step yet, but says, "I've always known
my work must be challenging."
— By Virginia deBuys '64
Elizabeth Morton Hodges:
Helping the Homeless
For Elizabeth Morton Hodges '36, the
happiest event of 1993 was the
completion of Miriam's House, the
residence for homeless women that was built
in Lynchburg at her instigation and with her
financial, moral, and physical support.
"In 1991, 1 became concerned about the
fact that we had homeless people — women
and children — right here in Lynchburg,"
said Elizabeth. "This preyed on my mind, or
my subconscious, or something so that one
moming I decided I should do something
about it if I could. In May I went to a group
of dedicated people and started talking about
building a home for tliese women and children.
In December 1993, construction of the build-
ing was completed. Miriam's House, named
for the sister of Moses, is now a reality."
Elizabeth had approached the New Land
Samaritan Inns, a nonprofit charitable corpo-
ration financed through a variety of govern-
ment and private resources. Miriam's House
is a project of that organization. What makes
the program of New Land Samaritan Inns
unique is that it provides not just shelter for
Elizabeth Hodges helps dig the foundation for
Miriam's House: "One morning I decided I
should do something about it if I could."
homeless people, but training and guidance
to help them lead independent lives again. At
Miriam's House there are programs on
money management, parenting skills, and
employment. To participate, women must
work and must be seeking to get off public
assistance programs.
"In the creation of Miriam's House, Eliza-
beth has been an inspiration," said 'Vincent
Sawyer, director of New Land Samaritan Inns.
"She has been the driving force in bringing
the project to fruition. As well as giving
financial and moral support, she has been
involved with the building of the house and
the selection of the furnishings. She has also
given Stella Tanner, who works for her and
serves on the board of Miriam's House, the
time and the freedom to work on the project."
Elizabeth, who writes the class notes for
1936, is a busy grandmother with four chil-
dren and nine grandchildren. One of her
three daughters, Betty Forsyth Harris, gradu-
ated from Sweet Briar in I960. Elizabeth is
the author of three books: C. B. Fleet: The
Man and the Company, about her grandfa-
ther, Charles Browne Fleet, who invented
Chap Stick and founded the C. B. Fleet Com-
pany; a history of her first husband's family
entitled A Forsyth Genealogy, and Charlie's
Children: The Fleets at Home. Proceeds from
the sale of the latter are dedicated to Miriam's
House. Elizabeth, a most unassuming and
down-to-earth person, consented to have the
information about her work with Miriam's
House published in the hope that it will help
others to realize that the work of one person
makes a difference in the lives of many.
Mary Taylor Hague '73:
South Carolina's Professor
of the Year
Mary Taylor Haque combined two
of her family's favorite occupations
into one award-winning profession.
The landscape architecture professor at
Clemson University can trace her roots in
famiing and teaching back at least seven
generations.
Haque acknowledges that heritage prob-
ably guided her into the classroom, where
after 15 years of teaching she was recognized
recently as South Carolina's Professor of the
Year by the state Commission on Higher
Education.
"It seems like we've always had people
involved in agriculture and education in my
family, so I guess it was just natural I some-
how followed in their footsteps," she said.
Some of her ancestors had owned the
plantation on which the city of Columbia was
begun in the 1780s. And a grandfather, George
C. Taylor, not only taught Shakespeare and
Milton at the University of North Carolina, but
also farmed and practiced law.
Being picked the state's top collegiate
instructor from among 37 nominees humbles
Haque, a native of Columbia, where her parents,
Dr. and Mrs. Edmund Taylor, still live.
"It's nice to be appreciated," said Haque
(pronounced Huck). "I love what I do. I put
my heart into it. And a lot has come back to
me in return. I'm very lucky."
"I feel so honored. There are so many
outstanding teachers out there that never get
nominated. I'm not sure I deserve it," she said.
Her students disagree.
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"It's no surprise," said Kenneth Lee, a
junior from Danbury, CT. "She's one of the
best teachers I've ever had. She's no-nonsense,
but she knows what she's talking about."
Fellow junior Sarah Owen of Fort
Lauderdale, FL, said Haque impressed her the
first week of the semester when she had the
class pose for a photo. The picture is on her
desk, with names of each student scribbled
on chests or near their faces to help her
memorize who each person is.
"That told me right away she cares who
you are as a person," Owen said.
Several weeks ago, Haque had laryngitis,
a malady that's like death to someone who
lectures. Her struggle to keep the classes
going didn't go unnoticed.
David Brannon, a junior from Columbia,
said Haque "was super sick and yet she had
something prepared — a video. We could all
see just how dedicated she was by what she
went through. I know I was impressed."
Haque also has impressed her peers. The
American Society of Horticultural Sciences
selected her as the nation's top horticulture
teacher five years ago.
Equally impressed were the judges who
picked her to be the sixth recipient of the
state's top professor award, created in 1988
when the General Assen±)ly passed legislation
to recognize exemplary collegiate teaching.
On Thursday, she will be honored at a ban-
quet where she will receive a $5,000 check.
Haque said her first inclination was to
use the money for her children's education.
Later, she admitted to wanting to set aside a
Mary Taylor Haque loves what she does, and
puts her heart into it.
little bit to fix up the exterior of the home
befitting a landscape architect.
With two elementary-school-age children
and a rambunctious German shepherd
around the house, Haque describes her yard
as ordinary.
Once she was reviewing a videotape on
advanced pmning she was considering using
for a class, Haque said. One of her children
was in the room. The next day, Haque came
home and found a cherished creeping vine
defoliated.
So, as far as maintaining a fancy yard, "I
decided a long time ago it wasn't worth it, "
she said.
Instead Haque, 42, spends her spare time
playing top-flight competitive tennis in mixed
doubles leagues in the Upstate. "It's my one
outlet that I really don't like to give up."
Tennis also changed her life in at least
two ways. The sport led her to a career
change and a husband.
After graduating with an English degree
from Sweet Briar College, Haque worked
part-time jobs around Columbia, including
substitute teaching. She later moved to Hilton
Head Island to teach tennis, and at a party
there she happened upon a conversation
about landscaping.
The topic inspired Haque to return to
college. She enrolled at Clemson to take
catch-up courses so she could prepare for
graduate school. She transferred to North
Carolina State University, where she earned a
master's degree in landscape architecture.
"It made me work harder than I have
ever worked in my life," she said of the
change in disciplines.
As a student at Dreher High School in
Columbia, English was a favorite topic. Fam-
ily gatherings were dominated by discussions
inspired by her grandfather, the Shakespeare
scholar. She also credits Jim Gasque, now a
Heathwood Hall teacher, with pushing her to
be a good student.
Gasque remembers Haque — he fondly
calls her Mary Beverley — as one of the
hardest working students from his eariy days
of teaching in the 1960s.
"She was interested in everything we did
in class. There would be an assignment to
work on an essay and we'd go over it and
she would rework it again and again and
again until she got it right," Gasque said.
As Haque was finishing graduate school
in 1978, Clemson called with a job offer,
which she accepted.
On Clemson's tennis courts, she met the
man who would become her husband,
Imtiaz-ul-Haque, a mechanical engineering
professor who had played Davis Cup tennis
for his native Pakistan.
Although she has never worked in land-
scape architecture commercially, Haque's
educational background enabled her to land
consulting work as a sideline. It gave her
practical experience she draws on in the
classroom.
She also has traveled to 16 countries —
with camera in hand.
Her lectures are punctuated with slides of
photographs shot overseas. In her office, 65
slide projector Carosels are stacked neatly on
shelving, and resting nearby are another two
dozen metal boxes, each filled with 500 slides.
Jim Martin, Class of '86, describes Haque
as "strong-willed, but not close-minded."
"She is by far one of the most profes-
sional people when it comes to being an
educator that I've come across. She always
pushed you because she knows you can do
better. But now I look back and think 'thank
goodness she did,' " said Martin, botanical
operations director at Riverbanks Zoo in
Columbia.
Her students often visit her office after
class to borrow videotapes and books to
watch and read for extra credit.
By Bill Robinson, Staff Writer, The State,
Columbia, SC. November 13, 1993 edition.
Reprinted here with permission
Episcopal Priest
Peggy Pittman Patterson '67
President-Elect of GDCC
The President-elect of the Greater
Dallas [TX] Community of Churches is
an Episcopal Priest... also a Canon at
St. Matthew's Cathedral, a doctoral candidate
at SMU's Perkins School of Theology, and has
years of experience as an educator... These
credentials are augmented by the fact that the
Reverend Canon Patterson is also the mother
of two Princeton University students and a
high school senior.
"Peggy" Patterson grew up as a Methodist
in Columbia, SC, and was educated in Episcopal
parochial schools. She sensed a call to the
ministry as a Phi Beta Kappa student at Sweet
Briar College...
Seeking to fulfill her call, she came to
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The Reverend Margaret "Peggy"
Pittman Patterson '67
SMU with an eye toward
ministry as a DRE [Director
of Religious Education].
She married and received
her Masters in Religious
Education from Perkins
in 1969 — the same year
she was confirmed as an
Episcopalian...
After working for a
couple of years at SMU,
she stayed home to begin
a family. During this time,
she was a very active
member of St. Michael
and All Angels, Dallas.
Prior to seeking Holy
Orders, Canon Patterson was chair of the
religion department at the Episcopal School
of Dallas, where she served as chapel coordi-
nator and founded a community service
program for the senior class.
While at ESD, she again sensed a call,
this time to the priesthood. She returned to
Perkins, and was Valedictorian of the Class of
1985, graduating with a Masters of Divinity.
She entered postulancy in 1986 and
became a candidate for ordination in 1988.
Ordained Deacon Patterson in 1989, she
joined the staff of St. Matthew's. She was
priested in May of 1990 and was named
Canon in 1991.
During her time at the Cathedral, she has
been involved in organizing the Sunday
School program, working with youth and
singles ministries, establishing the pantry
ministry, and developing a tutorial program
with Fannin Elementary School... Though she
was the first woman priest at St. Matthew's,
Canon Patterson never felt awkward...
Canon Patterson claims a passion for
preaching and the celebration of the Eucharist.
She also enjoys leading retreats and goes
annually for a 3- to 5-day totally silent retreat
at Lebh Shomea (Listening Heart) Roman
Catholic retreat house in Sarita, TX.
Last year. Canon Patterson applied to
participate in the Rotary Foundation's pro-
gram to travel to India — ^with a goal of inter-
national peace and understanding.
She has been accepted and will spend time
eariy this year staying with Indian families and
working in her "vocational area" — in her case,
most likely with the Church of South India.
When she returns from India, she will
begin work on her doctoral thesis: Women 's
Spirituality Across Generations. She has
completed all of the class
requirements for a Doctor of
Ministry degree from Perkins.
Canon Patterson's daugh-
ter Elizabeth, 21, is a senior at
Princeton University, where her
son Dwight, 18, is a freshman.
Her daughter Harriet, 17,
a senior at Woodrow Wilson
High School in Dallas, was
recently accepted to Princeton
under the Early Action Plan.
Excerpted with permission
from a January, 1994 article
by B. Don Taylor editor of
Esprit, the monthly publication
of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas.
SBC Seniors Named
Presidential Medalists
T
he Presidential Medal recognizes
seniors whose accomplishments have
demonstrated exemplary achievement.
Honorees receive a replica of President Hill's
medallion, presented to her at her inaugura-
tion as Sweet Briar's eighth president in
October 1990.
Three seniors are the recipients of the
1994 Presidential Medal: Mtesa Patrice
Cottemond of Brodnax, VA; Heather Elise
McKoy of Sonoma, CA: and Susannah Elisabeth
"Sukie" Silverbrand of Scarborough, ME.
A graduate of the Bradwell Institute,
Hinesville, GA, Mtesa is the 1993-94 Manson
Scholar. Double-majoring in government and
environmental studies with an emphasis in
anthropology, she is chair of the Chapel
Committee, and has volunteered with Habitat
for Humanity and arranged bible study
groups with students at V.M.I. A member of
the Sweet Briar Environmental Project and
president of the Young Democrats, she is
listed in Who's Who Among Students in
American Universities and Colleges. Mtesa
will attend Harvard Law School to pursue a
career in environmental law.
Heather, who graduated from Justin-
Siena High School, Sonoma is the Emilie
Watts McVea Scholar as the highest ranking
member of the Class of 1994. and also the
1993-94 Mary Kendrick Benedict Scholar. A
double major in math/computer science and
theatre arts, she was elected to Phi Beta
Kappa as a junior, and is listed in Vi'ho 's Who
Among Students in American Universities and
Colleges. She is active in dance, theatre arts,
and equestrian activities, competing with the
Sweet Briar Riding Program. She is an admis-
sions tour guide and serves on the Library
Planning Task Force. Heather hopes to pur-
sue a career in computer science or theatre.
Sukie graduated from Scarborough High
School. An international affairs major with a
minor in Italian, she is the recent recipient of
a Kenmore Merit Scholarship, selected by the
government faculty as the program's out-
standing student. She will graduate in May,
having completed her degree requirements in
only three years, during each of which she
has been a Sweet Briar Scholar. A Sweet
Tone, she is also a member of the Taps &
Toes dance club. Sukie was one of 82 students
from 1,300 national applicants named a 1993
Harry S. Truman Scholar. This scholarship
recognizes outstanding students studying
public policy and provides $27,000 for
qraduatc school .
President Hill with Presidential Medalists, l-r: Mtesa Cottemond; Heather McKoy; Susannah Silverbrand.
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
Meredith Leslie Welch '65
Named Marketing Director
at Discover
New York, NY: After a successful
tenure at We Atlantic Monthly,
Meredith Welch has joined Discover
magazine as Marketing Director.
Previously, Meredith was The Atlantic
Monthly's Marketing Direc-
tor. Formeriy a marketing
and promotion consultant,
she was also an editor of
a weekly newspaper and
a senior writer for a
monthly magazine, both in
Greenwich, CT. She has
directed numerous com-
munity service projects,
and served as editor of
publications for schools,
museums, and shelters.
After college, she did
advanced studies in French
at the Sorbonne. She
resides in Greenwich, CT. Meredith Welch
At Discover, Meredith will oversee
merchandising and marketing programs for
the magazine.
Purchased by the Walt Disney Company
two years ago. Discover, one of the leading
science magazines in the country, is a
monthly magazine of science and technology,
tlieir wonders, uses, and impact. With over
five million readers, Discover offers a wide
audience of curious and intelligent adults a
lively and literate look at science's quest to
understand ourselves and our universe.
Students Teach Human
Rights Through Art
Work produced by SBC art students
last November could save a life
halfway around the worid. Students
in an introductory drawing class contributed
illustrations to a project designed to teach
basic human rights to soldiers in the African
nation of Guinea Bissau.
The government of Guinea Bissau has
produced a pamphlet for its military outlining
the "Ten Commandments of Human Rights."
Because the military also functions as a
police force with frequent close contact with
citizens, the pamphlet encourages soldiers to
observe these rights and report violations.
However, many of the soldiers are illiterate,
so the pamphlet needed symbolic illustra-
tions to cleariy portray the ideas.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Eric Gable, who has traveled to Guinea Bissau,
was contacted by a liaison at the Judge
Advocate Genenil School in Charlottesville for
advice on the project. He gave the project to
Assistant Professor Laura
Pharis and her art class.
The class was asked to
provide 10 illustrations and a
front and back cover. The
drawings had to be easily
reproduced on a copier,
vertically aligned, and no
larger than 16" by 22". The
students were given a pam-
phlet made for soldiers in
Peru to use as a guide; how-
ever, their drawings needed
to be relevant to the people
and culture of Guinea Bissau.
"There was a lot of re-
search that needed to be
done," says Pharis. "We had to find pictures
of the people, environment, vegetation,
clothing, soldier's uniforms, weapons like
AK-47s, the thatched-roof huLs that people
live in, and much more. We had less than a
week to put the drawings together. The
students wanted to portray women and
children in the illustrations.
Kathy Whitby's illustration of Commandment # 3
"Often, classes emphasize 'art for art's
sake'. This project allowed students to serve
a purpose — to teach other people through
art. Who knows? One of these drawings
could save someone's life."
Junior Kathy Whitby of Richmond, 'VA
worked on the drawing describing Com-
mandment * 3: "Report crimes and human
rights violations to competent institutions." It
shows a group of soldiers preparing to shoot
bound prisoners standing on the edge of a
cliff Students found many of the concepts
expressed in the commandments a challenge
to convey using only visual images.
"I think it's great that their government is
concerned about protecting human rights,"
says Whitby. "It's exciting to think that we
might influence the government and how
they treat their people. I hope that they are
able to put our work to good use."
By Dave Blount, SBC Assistant Director,
Marketing Communications
Police Chief
Spiritual Leader Too
Willie Neal stands at least six feet tall.
In his unifomi as chief of the Sweet
Briar Police, he commands atten-
tion — but his gentle face and manner also
make him a man sought out for his under-
standing and patience.
He rarely speaks of himself. He talks
about his family — his grandparents, parents,
his wife, and 7-year-old son. He enthusiasti-
cally discusses a volunteer program he works
with that helps family members elsewhere in
the community communicate with one
another.
Yet Willie Neal has a story of his own.
Not only is Neal "Chief to Sweet Briar
students and faculty, he is also a minister
for "a handful" of active members of the
Monroe Baptist Church.
"I think [the two careers] complement
each other," he said. "I want to help people.
In being a minister and a police officer, I
see both the good and the bad sides of
people.
"My law enforcement training has given
insight in my ministry and vice versa. Police
officers are human beings and they are also
spiritual beings. ..a lot of people forget that
ministers know that communities need law
and order."
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As a police chief, Neal supervises more
than a dozen employees, including eight
gun-toting police officers.
"All of our officers are required to go
through the police academy in Salem..." he
said, proud of his officers.
Neal said he's fortunate "because Sweet
Briar's environment is not one where every
day is one adversarial situation after another,"
something Neal said would bum anyone
out.
Growing up in the Southside I'VA] com-
muniry of Crewe, he says, he was not ex-
posed to a lot of different views. But he was
happy there, surrounded by his family and
his church.
Neal recalls his grandfather's ministry
and his grandmother's missionary work and
teachings, both of which helped him develop
his own spiritual beliefs.
"She (his grandmother) told me 'Hold
onto what you believe and live it'," he said.
He took his religious beliefs and a faith
in the goodness of people with him when, in
1968, he joined the Metropolitan Police
Department in 'Washington, D.C.
But after working for a year in the crime-
ridden District, he felt compelled to respond
to "the Lord's calling," and preached a trial
sermon for his old congregation in Crewe.
Serving as a dog handler in 'Vietnam only
furthered Neal's conviction to become a
minister, and while he was in the war zone,
he applied and got accepted into seminary.
"Being in 'Viemam definitely colored the
way I look at theology... because of the things
I saw and participated in. ..I questioned a lot,
but I got to see human beings at their best
and at their worst, and I got to see myself at
my best and worst."
He talked about beliefs with his
buddies... They asked him repeatedly if he
could kill someone, in spite of his trying to
live by the commandments of The Bible. It
became a moral struggle.
"I think war combat is difficult for
anyone," he said. "I decided that I couldn't
stand here and let the Viet Cong run over
and kill (my friends). I needed to do what I
felt was right, and deal with the consequences
later."
Fortunately for Neal, he didn't have to
make that decision during the year he served.
But when he returned to Virginia in 1971, he
wasn't able to dedicate himself entirely to his
studies.
"My mind a lot of the time was back in
Vietnam. For a while I wasn't comfortable
being in the classroom. I kept wearing jungle
fatigues, and felt I should maybe be back
with my buddies."
But he kept up with his academics and
earned his B.A. in Christian Education in four
years.
SBC's Chief Willie Neal
After graduation, he worked odd jobs for
about a year until 1976 when Neal became
an officer with the Sweet Briar Police, and
the pastor for Monroe Baptist Church.
He continued his religious studies by
working toward a Masters of Divinity, but formal
studies became too much of a time demand
in 1986 when he was appointed as chief of
police, a minister, a husband and father.
"I continue to study religion because I'm
fascinated," he said, surrounded in his office
by religious poems and prayers.
His favorite, he said, is one titled
"Desiderata."
"I read about this in Vietnam.. .It says
'Speak with your truth quietly and cleariy,
and listen to others — even to the dull and
ignorant. They too have their story.' People
just don't listen enough," Neal said.
So Neal tells the people he helps
through Families And Children Together
(FACT) and his ministry to listen. "It takes
love, patience, hard work, and communica-
tion to make it work.. .all you have to do is
listen," he said.
Excerpted with per-niission fmm a December
24. 1993 article by staff writer Jessica Martin
in Lynchbtirg'sThe News and Advance. This
feature story was picked up by AP wires and
featured nationally on Paul Harvey News on
ABC Radio.
SBC Students
Ride Airwaves in Amherst
unior Liz Dunck hadn't heard the
Sweet Briar radio station "WUDZ on the
air since she arrived on campus three
years ago. She changed that — by spearhead-
ing an effort to breathe life back into campus
radio. SBC deejays have been riding the
airwaves since late Febaiary, but not on WUDZ.
The Sweet Briar Radio Club entered into
a unique partnership with WAMV-1420 AM in
Amherst to carry student programming.
WAMV general manager Bob Langstaff saw
the arrangement as an opportunity to bring
the College and community closer together
while expanding the programming of the
station.
WAMV broadcasts from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00
p.m. The Sweet Briar students took over
programming from 6:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m.
WAMV set up a transmission link so that they
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On the air! L-r: Catherine Orr '95, Grosse Pointe Shores, Ml; Kara Dickey '95, Middleburg, VA;
and Uz Dunck '95, Charlotte, NC
can broadcast from their own station on
campus; they have enough signal to cover
campus and the town of Amherst.
Langstaff conducted training courses for
more than 30 students, teaching them how to
run the control board, operate and monitor
the transmitter, and about FCC regulations.
The students then were able to apply
through the station for FCC licenses, paying
their own fees.
A Homecoming During
January Term
Alumnae always have a home at Sweet
Briar. Most rediscover their Sweet Briar
home during Reunions, Alumnae
Council, or other short campus visits.
Not Vicky McCullough Carroll '84. She
"came home" for a month in January to teach
students about her career since college,
television news reporting. While she relived
her college memories, she helped make
memories for students in her 'Winter Term
course, "'Writing News for Television."
"I think it's wonderful that alumnae
return to campus to teach," says Lenora
Farrington '94, "It gives me the idea that
Sweet Briar will always be part of my life,
even after I've graduated."
Courtney O'Dea '94 adds, "There is a
special bond that Sweet Briar girls have,
regardless of age, and it's really neat when an
alumna cares that strongly about the school
to come back and teach."
Courtney and Lenora were among nine
students who met two hours a day, four days
a week with Vicky. The course concentrated
on TV news script writing and formatting.
Midway through the month, Vick7 arranged
for a panel of seven women in local TV to
speak to the class, including another alumna.
Amy Smith '79, who is the Information
Officer for Bedford County, VA schools. Amy
worked in TV news for 15 years at WSLS-
Roanoke, 'WSET-Lynchburg, and at stations in
Raleigh, New Orieans, Washington, and
Spartanburg, SC.
"It's great to see successful Sweet Briar
graduates," says Holly Miller '95, "and to see
how they use their liberal arts degrees."
Students agreed the higWight of the
course was their trip to Channel 10 TV
studios in Roanoke, where each delivered on
camera a three-minute newscast she'd written
and produced. "Actually
sitting behind the anchor
desk and being fUmed had
to be one of my best col-
lege experiences," says
Dorothy Bailey '94,
The Channel 10 visit
was a great experience for
Vick'y, too, who says it
reminded her of the special
bond Sweet Briar students
share: "The students were
so encouraging of one
another. After each delivered
her newscast, the others
broke into applause. They
each took a real interest in
how the others perfomied.
and were quick to compliment each other.
Television can be a competitive, selfish busi-
ness. To see students pulling for each other
reminded me of the caring, thoughtful, and
encouraging atmosphere on Sweet Briar's
campus."
Vicky encourages other alumnae to
return to offer students insights into careers
alumnae tackle after graduation. Those who
do will find students eager to leam from them.
But she has a warning for '84 classmates
coming for their lOth Reunion in May: "Some
things have changed. I went looking for the
post office and ended up in a television/
sitting room in the basement of Manson!"
Vicky stayed at the Elston Inn, built since
her graduation, and enjoyed seeing dorm
renovations — "a beautiful back porch on
Carson, where I used to live, the new Pannell
Gallery, and the new Samuel E. Upchurch
wing of the Guion Science Center. It will be
a nice surprise at Reunion!"
Vicky started her Journalism career as
writer, news editor, and editor of The Sweet
Briar News. A year after graduating, she signed
on as a writer/producer at CNN-Headline
News in Atlanta. She first went "on the air" in
1988 at WVGA-TV in Valdosta. GA before
moving to WSLS-TV (NBC) in Roanoke. VA.
Next she moved to WBRC-TV 6 (ABC) in
Bimiingham, where Associated Press named
her Alabama's Best Reporter and she was
nominated for an Emmy. Vicky had a double
major (English/anthropology) at SBC. She
was Social Committee chair, a member of the
Varsity Swim Team, a QV, and was named to
Who's Vi^o Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges. She lives in
Blacksburg, VA with her husband.
Television Newswriting students watch their audition tapes.
Seated on floor: Ashley Weppler '97, Charlotte, NC. L-r: Christy
Young '94, Greenville, SC; Sarah Chaffee '96, Sandwich, MA;
Holly Miller '95, Warrenton, VA; Courtney O'Dea '94, Scituate,
MA; English Griffith '96, Lexington, SC
ALUMNAE
A G A Z I N E
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CLUB CORNER
Denver Alumnae
Break University Club's
Gender Barriers!
Until three years ago, Denver,
CO's University Club was for
men only. Sandy Waters '68 was
one of the first women admitted,
followed by Enid Slack '57.
Members place their college seals
in the great window of the
College Room. January 17, SBC
became the first women's college
to install a seal, placing it just
above UVA's seal. Over 40 alum-
nae enjoyed the event, which
included a poem written and
recited by Enid Slack, a dedica-
tion toast by Acting Club Presi-
dent Jane Merkle Borden '65,
and the singing of the SB song
by Sandy Waters. Also on hand
were Nancy Hudler Keuffel '62,
Alumnae Association President;
Louise Swiecki Zingaro '80,
Director, Alumnae Association;
and SBC Associate Professor of
History Barbara Perry, all in town
to attend Denver's popular
College For A Day program, for
which Barbara Perry was one of
the speakers.
A Meg Shields Duke '76, new
Denver Club President.
i^. L-r: Carol Cordell Mullins '78,
Denver Club Treasurer; Louise
Swiecki Zingaro '80; Barbara
Goodbam '83, AAR; Jane
Borden '65; Helen McCreery
James '39; Nancy Hudler
Keuffel '62; Enid Slack '57;
Sandy Waters '68.
The Toledo. OH Club
celebrated Sweet Briar Day
December 17.
O. L-r: Gratia Boice Smith '49;
Barbara BoUes Miller '43; Linda
Mae Visocan '87, SB Alumnae
Association Board's Region
\T Chair; LeUa McLaughlin
Thompson '46.
-/. L-r: Mrs. Lang; Christina Lang,
w^ho will enter SBC with the
Class of 1998; Linda iVlae Visocan.
The Central Florida Club of
Orlando held a get-together
on December 12.
6. L-r: Phyllis Schulman Bell '76,
Club Treasurer; Holly Pflug
Allport '84, Vice President; SBC
President Barbara Hill; Piper
Allan '79. Orlando President-Elect;
Catherine Taylor Moore '78,
President.
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The iVe«' y'or/fe Community
Campaign kicks off success-
ailly February 17, 1994 at the
United Nations, in spite of East
Coast ice storms!
/. Community Campaign Co-Chairs
Sarah Porter Boehmler '65 (1) and
Fran Griffith Laserson 70 (r) with
SBC President Barbara Hill.
^. Lucy Gordan Jeffers '39.
O. L-r: Chris Falcon Maasbach '81;
Murrell Rickards Chadsey '44.
•/. L-r: Alexandra Marcoglou
TuUy '47; Margaret White Van
Buren '47.
O. L-r: Jeanne Bounds Hamilton '61
and Ross Hamilton.
0. L-r: Nancy Hall Green '64 of
Atlanta and NYC; President
Barbara Hill; Bettina Patterson
IVIurray '64 and A. Brean Murray.
Z L-r: Gail P. Lloyd '60; Sydney
Holmes Bales '44.
d. Hardworking Campaign
Committee members, 1st row 1-
Jan Storey-Honick '73; Fran
Griffith Laserson '70; Lucy
Gordan Jeffers '39; Carrie
Maynard Nichols '81. 2nd row:
Sarah Porter Boehmler '65; Lin
Campbell '66; Chris Falcon
Maasbach '81; Lesley Bissell
Hoopes '68.
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FROM THE MUSEUM
A Special Gift
Daisy Williams kept a diary during
her 14th year in 1882. It is a very
matter-of-fact little record of daily
happenings in her life. She makes
few comments about whether things please
or displease her, but it is an interesting com-
mentary on her schooling, places she visited,
clothes she bought (her first corsets), friends,
visits to the dentist and confectionery shops,
the weather, and, of course, her "dear old
Sweet Briar."
Daisy spent winters in New York,
where her parents ran apartment hotels. She
enjoyed many cultural opportunities —
concerts, recitals, oratorios, trips to museums
— and the circus. She studied hard, and took
pleasure in lessons on her mother's English
harp.
Her deepest interests, however, were at
Sweet Briar, the place she called "home."
Had she lived, she undoubtedly would have
made an excellent manager of the vast lands
that Sweet Briar encompassed in the 19th
century, including aproximately 10,000 acres
of fields, forests, orchards, and 16 outlying
farms that were her mother's rental property.
January,
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One friend, Helena Mallory, was men-
tioned frequently in the diary. She and her
sister May were a little younger than Daisy.
Their parents were New York friends of the
Williamses, and Daisy and Helena were
especially close.
When Daisy died in 1884, it was to
Helena that Indiana gave Daisy's gold Tiffany
watch and several other pieces of jewelry,
which Helena cherished. Helena grew up to
marry an Englishman named Mellersh, and
lived in London for the rest of her life. About
her life little is known, but Helena came to
Sweet Briar in the mid-1930s, at which time
she returned Daisy's watch to the College for
the Museum collection.
In 1934, the 50th anniversary of Daisy's
death, Daisy's diary and letters that were still
extant were published as a commemoration
of the child in whose memory the College
was founded. One thousand copies were
printed, and copy # 85 was sent to Helena
Mallory Mellersh in London.
Another 60 years had passed when an
American from Washington, D.C., Mr. Robert
Manson Myers, was browsing in a second-
hand London book shop. He spotted a slim
green volume with the Sweet Briar College
seal on the cover. Thumbing
through it, he realized what it
was — Helena's copy of her
friend's diary. Mr. Myers kindly
purchased it and mailed it back
to Sweet Briar with a delightful
letter telling of its discovery. He
felt that it should be returned for
Sweet Briar's archives because
this was Helena's special copy
with her signature on the flyleaf
and a small pencilled X next to
her name each time Daisy
mentioned her.
It lies in a Museum case
with Daisy's blue-and-white
striped dress, having come full
circle by returning home to
Virginia.
A page from Daisy's diary
The Reverend James Henry Williams 1 832-1 889
The Communion Set
In 1979, The Reverend Sallie A. Carter left
the chaplaincy at Sweet Briar to take a
medical degree at the University of 'Virginia.
Her dream was to become a medical
missionary to Nigeria. An ordained Baptist
minister from Georgia, she greatly admired
the work of Dr. Albert Schweitzer and wished
to carry on her life in a similar tradition.
Before departing, Sallie came to the
Museum, then a small two-room operation in
the chapel basement. She handed me a black
leather box, saying, "I think you should have
this. It was The Reverend James Henry
Williams' individual communion set, which
I've used to sen'e the choir master during
chapel communions."
I had been collecting everything I could
that had belonged to the plantation before
the College was founded, but this charming
little communion set was unfamiliar.
A steriing silver plate on top of the box
was engraved "Christmas 1865." Inside were
a miniature steriing chalice, paten, and wine
bottle. Each was nestled between purple
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velvet dividers. The whole box is only
2"x3"x5". The purpose of such a set was
individual communion for shut-ins — the
elderiy, ill, or disabled.
I suspect the set was given to James Henry
by Indiana as a Christmas gift; by Christmas
1865 they had been married a little over a
year. At that time, he was still a practicing
Episcopal priest. He later gave up his church
duties to go into business with Indiana.
Many years later, Indiana told her good
friend, Mrs. John Payne in Amherst, that she
made James Henry forego his pastoral duties,
as "We did not need the money, but I ruined
a good preacher."
He died in 1889 at the age of 58, but
Indiana kept the communion set until her
death in 1900. Apparently it held a great deal
of sentiment for her, as did his photograph in
clerical robes. Very few other things belonging
to him have survived except several white
priestly collars, some of his fine linen hand-
kerchiefs, scarves, and additional photographs.
Cotton Candy Against Paul's Mountain
One of the most beautiful sights in
Virginia is Sweet Briar in the
spring. Usually it starts eariy,
during a few warm days at
February's end. Pussy willows put out soft,
fluffy gray catkins. Snowdrops blanket the
slope behind Sweet Briar House in green and
white, and aconites come from under the
snow, their cheerful yellow blooms hugging
the ground like a thousand little suns. Laven-
der crocus poke spherical crowns proudly
through the red clay. Forsythia blossoms
strain through their tight little jackets, the
brilliance when they unfold in clouds of gold
enough to dazzle the most jaded winter-
weary heart with the assurance that full,
verdant spring is only a few weeks distant.
But one of the most glorious sights of a
Sweet Briar spring is only a lingering memory
in the minds of those who knew it forty-
some years ago. Then an apple orchard
flourished where Babcock, Guion, the old
railroad station, and parking areas are now —
acre upon acre of massed fragrant pink and
white blossoms — great bursts of cotton candy
against Paul's Mountain and the surrounding
green hills.
Students took their books and sat against
the tree trunks to saidy for exams — so much
better than closed-Ln library stacks! Professors
brought their classes there, obviously hoping
for nature's inspiration.
Even before the College buildings were
constructed, the first Board of Directors felt
that the College should be as self-sustaining
as possible. Much of the money from the
founder's estate seemed to be going at an
alamiing rate due to unforeseen expenses.
Their solution: the fami must, as far as pos-
sible, feed the community, providing flour,
fruit, meat, vegetables, and milk. Any extra
produce could go to market.
A horticulturist from Virginia Polytechnic
Institute advised locations for the orchard
and vegetable gardens. In 1902, an orchard
of 1,000 apple trees was approved. Several
varieties were planted, with some maturing
later than others, so that jillions of apples
would not need to be picked simultaneously.
In spite of the staggered maturing of fruit, the
trees all bloomed at the same time — a mag-
nificent, unforgettable sight.
The apple blossoms and tlie Sweet Briar
roses were on the same schedule, and on
warm, dew-laden evenings the fragrance was
a heady mixture, drawing faculty and stu-
dents out to stroll in groups, chatting and
enjoying this once-a-year phenomenon.
After Worid War II, the American
economy changed. The expense of maintain-
ing the old apple trees with seasonal spray-
ing, trimming, and harvesting became a
burden. So, the second half of Sweet Briar's
20th century has been bereft of the glory of
the orchard and its wonderful produce. The
only reminders are a few old apple boxes in
the Farm Tool Museum... except perhaps for
an occasional faint, ghostly whiff that one
who knew the orchard might catch on a
warm, damp spring evening.
By Ann Marshall Whitley '47
Curator, Sweet Briar Museum
Sweet Briar's Apple Orchard ca. mid-1 940s. Anyone recognize the students?
ALUMNAE MAGAZINE
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NOTICES
Recent Deaths
Isabel Chapa AC
FaU 1993
Mrs. Virginius Dabney
(Douglas Chelf AC)
January 29, 1994
Mrs. Jane C. Calkins
(Jane Claiborne AC)
January 18, 1994
Mrs. David L. Brumback
(Gladys Marie Gilliiand 18)
December 31, 1993
Mrs. Henry C. Land
(Katherine Hancock '23)
December 5, 1993
Mrs. Coleman S. Williams
(Dora Hancock '25)
November 23, 1993
Mrs. John H. Marston
(Emilie Halsell '27)
November 5, 1993
Mrs. Harry A. Holmlund
(Frances Sample '27)
Word received December 1993
Mrs. John Prothero
(Anna Barbara Vohn '29)
November 9, 1993
Mrs. Sumner W. Elton
(Flo G. Brown '30)
January 1, 1994
Mrs. Walter T. Forbes
(Augusta T. Porter '30)
December 26, 1993
Mrs. Leon C. Otis
(Lucy Shirley '30)
October 16, 1993
Mrs. William Perkins
(Julia Mayes Eagles '33)
Word received December 1993
Mrs. Francis E. Carter, Jr.
(Cary Randolph Burwell '35)
December 5, 1993
Mrs. Mary Himes Beddoes
(Mary Lorraine Himes '36)
November 15, 1993
Mrs. Albert B. Lancaster
(Anne Wellford Luck '38)
December 4, 1993
Mrs. Betty Rinehart
(Betty Lewis Frazier '39)
January 7, 1994
Mrs. William B. Yarborough
(Katherine Searey Kleberg '39)
January 15, 1994
Mrs. Adrian J. Salvas
(Eleanor Lawrence Vandruff '39)
November 1, 1993
Mis. Basil S. Cole, Jr.
(Joan A. Myers '41)
September 23, 1993
Mrs. Richard A. Ide
(Susan Rusmisel '62)
November 30, 1993
Mrs. James Neville
(Cynthia Ann Gaudio '72)
December 22, 1993
Mrs. Vivian K. Liapis
(Vivian Kousis '72)
January 1, 1994
NOTICE: If you wish to write to a
member of the family of someone
recently deceased, contact
Alumnae Office. Sweet Briar. VA
24595 (804)381-6131. for name
and address.
Cordelia Barricks, 1 991 Sweet
Briar Day Luncheon
Cordelia (Deedie) Kirkendall
Barricks '25, 1903-1993
A tribute by Penn Willets Fullerton 66
President. SBC Club of San Frandsco/
Bay Area
Sparkle! That's a synonym for
Cordelia! There she would be at
our annual Sweet Briar Day
luncheon. She was our star,
dressed to the nines with a bright
Christmas necklace, eyes twinkling,
anxious not to miss a word said.
She truly sparkled.
Cordelia deariy loved Sweet
Briar. Serving faithfully as class
secretary since 1977, she kept track
of classmates with humor and a
lively wit. And she attended her
60th and 65th Reunions with a
beau in tow — quite an amazing
lady. In faa, Mary Sturr Stuart '62
and 1 often saw her at Bay Area
events in the company of very
distinguished gentlemen. Who
could blame them for wanting to
escort this elegant, charming lady?
She was belle of the ball at The
Towers, a residence for seniors in
Oakland. "I can never reach her!"
Mary Smart would tell me after
trying to call Cordelia. That's
because Cordelia was on the
runway at a fashion show, at the
bridge table, or off visiting her
many grandchildren and great-
grandchildren. Costume parties at
The Towers were her big favorites;
she recently won first prize
dressing herself up as a candy
cane, escorted by a man named
Abel — "Cane and Abel"! She once
dressed as a California raisin —
"Raisin' Cane"!
Cordelia attended every San
Francisco Sweet Briar Day with
Mary Stuart, who was wonderful
about taking her places when a
beau wasn't escorting. Mary fondly
recalls one of their last outings
together: they both got into wheel-
chairs and wheeled themselves
around the Oakland Museum! Mary
also was privileged to be at
Cordelia's gala 90th Birthday Party,
where Cordelia, as usual, sparkled,
dressed in a black sheath, her hair
up in elegant style, as she received
over 200 guests. She was indeed
the star of the evening.
I am certain that heaven
sparkles a lot more these days
because of an elegant lady up
there organizing costume parties
and bridge games, when she's not
busy with Sweet Briar classmates.
We miss our twinkling star so
much!
Update
Gifts to the Milan E. Hapala
Memorial Fund have reached a
total that now provides the
nucleus for a memonal
scholarship in Dr. Hapala's
name. All further gifts will go
toward the Milan Hapala
Scholarship to be awarded to
a junior majoring in International
Affairs or Government, the
funds to be used for study in
the Czech Republic.
Clarification:
In answer to a query about the
Fall 1993 magazine's "In the Sweet
Briar Tradition," the Lucy Shepard
Crawford Chair of Philosophy does
e.xist. Although not fully funded, its
income provides much needed
support for professors in the
philosophy department.
Corrections:
Winter 1994 magazine issue,
p. 10, photo *3: The guests leaving
the Museum were incorrectly listed
as Kenneth and Margaret Stuart
Wilson Dickey '41. Also, pp. 14-15,
'Networking": The photos of
Stacey Eisenberg and Katherine
Lindsey were switched. Mea culpa!
The Alumnae Staff, Sweet Briar College
Boxwood Alumnae House, (804) 381-6131
Call on us at any time!
Louise Swiecki Zingaro '80, Director, Alumnae Association
Diana Davidson, Alumnae Programs Coordinator
Sandra Maddox '59, Exec. Secretary; Office Manager
Nancy Godwin Baldwin '57, Editor, Alumnae Magazine
Noreen Parker, Asst. Editor, Alumnae Magazine;
Class Notes Editor; Tour Coordinator
Bonnie Seitz, Computer Operator; Secretary
Cynthia Sale, Secretary
Frances Swift, Seaetary
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mmt reunums
TOP TO BOTTOM:
Calling themselves "The Beach
Bums," members of the Class of
1 947 had a wonderful time in
Ponte Vedra, FL in November '93.
1 St row, l-r; Eleanor Crumrine
Stewart; Jean Old; Shirley Levis
Johnson; Ginger Barron Summer.
2nd row, l-r: Irish Munter Derr;
Ann Marshall Whitley; Margaret
Redfern; Ann Brinson Nelson.
Frank and Nina Sledge Burke's annual July 4 Barbecue in
Highlands, NC, brought together a number of SBCers in '93. 1st
row, l-r: Kathy Barnes Hendricks '70; Jane Pinckney Hanahan '57;
Nina Sledge Burke '64. 2nd row, l-r: Derrill Maybank Hagood '55;
Muffin (Paula) Steers '93; Carroll Weitzel Rivers '57; Sarah McDuffie
Hardaway '46; Peggy Sheffield Martin '48.
Dallas, TX 1 952s got together for lunch in October '93. L-r: Mary
Graf Warren; Mary Bird Gesler Hanson; Gail Hall Swearlnger; Nell
Grand Lynch; Anne Hoagland Kelsey.
A December '93 luncheon in Providence, Rl reunited Suzanne
Bassowitz Mentzinger '52 (I) and Dr. Lysbeth Muncy, SBC Charles
A. Dana Professor of History Emerita.
SWEET
BRIAR
COLLEGE
1921
Gerlrude Anderson still keeps tiouse
and drives her car but says, "no longer at
night." She stays close to Findlay, OH and
ottier than some hearing loss she is line.
Louise Zingaro, Director of the Alumnae
Association visited her in December and
says she is very sprightly and full of infor-
mation Shelly Rouse Aagesen tells us
that she and Nick are well but stay close to
home. Nick has given up his car, which was
traumatic, but they manage very well with
excellent help at home and enjoy any visi-
tors who come their way. She wishes she
could see old friends and trade stories once
again Florence Ives Hathaway has dif-
ficulty in walking and writing but says her
happy memories keep her going. Edith
Durrell Marshall remains in the care unit
of her retirement home in Cincinnati. Her
condition is stable but she can no longer care
lor herself following spinal surgery and a
broken hip Gertrude Pauley Crawford
writes that arthritis has claimed her knees
which keeps her close to home. Her family
is close by and 4 grandchildren and 6 greats
are in and out all the time. Her holidays were
wonderful with her family and she is still in
her own house of many years.
(Notes written by Edith Durrell
Marshall's daugtiter, Ann Marshall
Whitley '47.)
1927
After meeting granddaughter Wendy
Pressel Sullivan '91 for Reunion (Helen's
66th, Wendy's 2nd), Helen Smyser
Talbott drove home, visiting family along
the way. Helen had a busy August with visi-
tors, went to VT in Oct. to see the leaves, and
had her family visiting for Thanksgiving and
again for a grandson's wedding in Dec. She
looks fonward to a wk. in FL in June to at-
tend a great granddaughter's baptism.
1931
President: Toole Rotter Wellford
Secretary: Martha McBroom Shipman
Thanks lor your enthusiastic response
when I requested news; I am inspired again
to compose a column for our classmates.
Mary Leigh Seaton Marston. Rich-
mond, VA, is "on the road" again: she was
in Santa Barbara, CA, in the spring and vis-
ited friends on the Potomac River during the
summer; she also cruised to the 3 out is-
lands ot HI and visited Sea Island, GA and
the Gull of Mexico. She often catches up with
SBC news from Cynthia Vaughn Price
Virginia Cooke Rea and Fritz still lead
active lives in l\yiarion. OH. They especially
enjoy visits from their world travelling
daughter Ann and husband Roger Craig who
met in Paris as students on the SBC Jr. Year
in France. Ann, a gourmet cook, visits an-
nually to entertain 20 of the Reas' closest
friends. Their younger daughter Jane and her
husband Michael Shay, Salem, OR, visit with
their two adorable adopted Korean children
- Nathan, 7, and Ashby, 5. Virginia feels
"blessed that they are still together and can
enjoy life in their community."
Oria Washabaugh Shenk. Tampa.
FL, has 3 grandsons she is very proud of:
one at Purdue pursuing a PhD. in literature
and creative writing with the goal of teach-
ing: the second doing his dissertation in
Spanish literature at Vanderbilt; the other a
3rd yr. orthopaedic resident at Vanderbilt U.
Hospital. Orla's son Bob is still a newspa-
per editor in Redding, CA, and Tom is happy
in Mt. Airy, NC. A card arrived from Nell
Tyson Postles with her new address: 4000
Cathedral Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20016.
Gill Hilton Pritchard s husband is in a
nursing home in Oceanside, CA, but she is
in good health Virginia Bristow Davis
retired, after 50 yrs., from the insurance
business in Franklin, VA. Virginia has 2
daughters, 3 granddaughters, and 2 great-
grandsons. She is "hooked on the Redskins
and rack music!" Nancy Hunter, Maryville,
TN, had a delightful trip to Panama and
Costa Rica 4/92, and Elderhostel trips to NM
in Nov. and ME 7/93.
Cards arrived simultaneously from Jo
Gibbs DuBois and Polly Swift Calhoun;
theirs has been a wonderful friendship ot
over 60 years! Jo, who lives in Delavan, Wl,
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swims, has volunteered at tfie local hospital
for 30 years, also volunteers for "Meals on
Wheels," and helps wiith SMILES, a program
to teach disabled persons to ride horseback.
Her older son is a pilot for United Airlines,
based in Seattle; she will spend Thanksgiv-
ing with him. Her other son and his wife, who
live near Jo, just adopted a 4 yr, old Russian
girl: Jo's daughter and son in-law live in the
mountains of CO and sail in the winter. She
visited them this past summer, Jo also sees
Polly Calhoun and Carolyn Martindale
Blouin, '30, at least once a year. Polly
Calhoun reports that Jo DuBois, her son
Jack and grandson Jonathan as well as
Polly's daughter Sue Calhoun Heminway,
'58, her husband Cal and their son, a lazz
trumpeter living in VT, plus other assorted
friends, spent 4 days at the Calhouns'
Adirondack camp at the height of the foliage
color, Polly is still a dormitory house mother
for the prep school across the street from her
in Cornwall, CT, and shares her house with
a cancer family. She closes with, "Never a
dull moment!"
Dot Ayres Holt's note included a pic-
ture of her seated in her stunning apartment
at the Arbors, the retirement home she
moved to in '91. Dot is "into the activities
committee" so she attends theater and con-
certs and plays a bit of bridge; Tony lives
about 25 miles away so she sees him often.
Since Dot still drives she also gets to Hamp-
ton where she lived before. A note from Bir-
mingham, AL, from Mary Nice Jemison.
She lunches twice a week with "the girls,"
plays bridge, attends the theater and an oc-
casional movie. Her 6th grandchild, a girl,
will be married in Jan, and her 7th, a boy,
"will not be far behind," Mary still goes to
FL for Jan. and to the NC mountains for 2
wks. in the summer with the same 3 friends
Two notes from Marietta, GA. The first
was from Jean Cole Anderson who was
in Cody, WY, for the dedication of the new
Visitors' Center lor the Buffalo Bill Dam
which was built by her father (1904-'10), in
the Shoshono Canyon. Jean was honored as
D.W. Cole's daughter and helped unveil the
plaque. Jean's daughter Lovat and grandson
Johnny, son David and daughter-in-law
Nancy and granddaughter Jennifer were all
in attendance. Jean's other granddaughter
Ellen could not join them because of classes
at U. of GA. Jean and Helen Lawrence
VanderHorst go to Travelog and garden
club meetings together. Helen spent Christ-
mas '92 with her son and his family in west
TN; in June she visited her daughter and
family in Swampscott, MA; in Aug. Helen
had her whole family, including a 1 yr. old
great-granddaughter at the beach in NC. She
remains busy with her church
and Shakespeare Club.
Ginnie Quintard Bond lives at Fox
Hall, an elegant retirement home in
Westwood, MA, suburban Boston. She
drives to the Museum of Fine Arts, the the-
ater and the symphony. Ginnie had to give
up golf due to hip surgery but has taken up
croquet; "We have an elegant official English
croquet court and I love to play!" She took a
very strenuous Smithsonian Mediterranean
cruise in April and plans to meet friends in
Singapore 4/94. She looks fonward to our
65fh reunion - in 1996 - and wonders how
many of us will make it and be mobile. I'd
bet on a good turn-out!
Aggie Cleveland Stackhouse
Spartanburg, SC, writes that her daughter
Jennifer's son David Fborec graduated from
Princeton and is now doing a masters at
U.VA-planning to teach. Prudy Sandifer
Scott's ('59) son Carleton graduates in May
from the Savannah School of Art and Design
with a major in photography. Granddaugh-
ter Jennifer is at U. of Alabama studying in-
terior design. Helen Sim Mellen and
Harold spent 2 wks. in the White Mts. of NH
where they have gone for many yrs. to enjoy
the fall color. They visited son John and his
wife. The Mellens, who live in Whiting, NJ,
enjoyed an Austrian trip with the
Smithsonian and will spend Christmas in
Bermuda. She adds that they "really like it
right here where Harold can play the piano,
by ear, tor the enioyment of many." Eda
Bainbridge Kolbe feels fortunate to be in
an especially nice retirement home in
Naples, FL. She never gets bored and is as
busy as she wants to be. Jean Country-
man Presba is also in FL, at Siesta Key.
She spent the summer in Wl but the rains
and mosquitoes made it "horrendous." She
still did some herb gardening and put up lots
of "pesto." Jean enjoyed a visit with son
David and his wife in Denver. She will remain
in FL until May and, I hope, will be fully re-
covered from knee replacement surgery.
What a treat to see Cynthia Vaughn
Price in Baltimore at the Sweet Briar Rec-
ognition week-end in Sept. Sadly, her hus-
band Francis died in March; Cynthia went
ahead with their plans to move into Weil-
Spring, a new retirement community in
Greensboro, NC. She manages to keep busy
with her bridge, garden and literary clubs, as
well as the symphony. Virginia Hall
Lindley, '32, just moved into Well-Spring;
Cynthia looks fonward to spending time with
her. Cynthia looks wonderful and we had
several meals and day trips together, so we
got to catch up after many years. Harriet
Wilson Tarburt lives in a retirement com-
munity in Mars, Pa, outside Pittsburgh, with
a "wonderful group of people." She was in
San Leandro, CA, lor a visit with her son and
for her granddaughter's 8th grade gradua-
tion. Harriet's older daughter lives in West
Hartford, CT, with a second home in Santa
Fe, NM; her other daughter lives in Pitts-
burgh so she is in constant contact with her
family. Harriet writes; "I'm fortunate to have
a wonderful family and great step-family
from my second marriage."
It is sad to report this list of those who
have died since my last column; Perrone
Whittaker Scott (2/15/93); Katharine
Perry Dorleld (5/93); Elizabeth Kremer
Solliday ( 5/18/93); Helen Crane
McCary (date unknown); and Eleanor
Faulk Cone (5/28/93). I'm sure everyone
in the class joins me in sending sympathy
to their families.
Despite numerous chronic health prob-
lems, I continue to travel and enjoy my fam-
ily. I spent March in Delray Beach, FL; my
daughter Jane Kuntz ('58) accompanied me
for the month. There are many SBC alum-
nae in the area; Polly Woodward Hill, who
has a house in Palm Beach, and I had lunch
and bridge together several times. Polly trav-
els extensively since she has family both in
this country and Switzerland. I had lunch
with Gladys Wester Horton ('30) at the beau-
tiful retirement community where she lives.
Harbour's Edge. I also caught glimpses of
Sally Shallenberger Brown and Wes
Ward Francis ('37); I was sorry to miss Dot
Bortz Ballantine ('29). Jane's entire family
visited me at my cottage on Burt Lake, Ml,
this summer; we had 4 generations from 2
to 84 years! As I said earlier, the trip to Bal-
timore was the highlight of the fall. The Col-
lege planned wonderful activities and the
Baltimore Club provided such gracious hos-
pitality. Although I am on a walker, all the
staff made me feel that I was no trouble and
I had a glorious time! Since Jane lives close
by in Dayton, I see her regularly. Her young-
est daughter Anne is also there, working as
a bereavement counselor tor Hospice and
working on her masters in mental health
counselling. Jane's daughter Lee Eckerman
is a victim-witness coordinator for the dis-
trict attorney of 2 counties in Clarksville.TN;
she and Bob have a 3 1 /2 year old son Scot-
tie. Lee's twin sister Martha Schenck lives in
Burke, VA, and is the director of a private
nursery school in Alexandria; Martha and
Don have 2 little girls, Katie, 5 and Lauren,
3. My son Ship and his wife Peggy still live
in Wilton, CT, where Ship is a stockbroker
and financial planner and Peggy a travel
agent. My only grandson Franklin Shipman
III graduated from U of VT and is now trav-
elling around the world before settling down.
Besides Ship III, they have 2 daughters; Jane
is an account executive with Dorf and
Stanton, a p.r. firm in NYC; Maggie works
for IBM in sales although she is a trained
social worker. Ship gets out to visit me in
Troy, where I still live in an apt., several times
a yr. I am very grateful to all of you for send-
ing your news; our classmates are still lead-
ing active and productive lives. I also
continue to be thankful, even after all these
years, for the enduring legacy Sweet Briar
has provided me — and you.
1935
President: Anne Baker Gerhart
Secretary: Mary V. Marks
Fund Agent: Lucy (Hobby) Hoblitzell
It occurred to me as I watched the docu-
mentary on the depression that the rough
economic times we encountered as fresh-
men had the happy result that we all feel a
part of our class whether or not we could stay
the full 4 years. We really are an upbeat
group of alumnae. Yes, Betty Fox Moon,
we do know how lucky we are and so rejoice
with you on your 58th wedding anniversary
and your drive from AZ up the West Coast
tor your family reunion on your son's farm
inWA.
Want to tell you how nice it is to hear
about trips such as Mary Honeywell
Dodds' safari in S. Africa and Alice
Laubach's plans for a tour of Guatemala.
Alice has renewed her driver's license for
another 4 years and has joined the ranks of
us who no longer wear high heels comfort-
ably. And Jane Lawder's fishing trips
which "usually yield some trout" went on fall
hold in favor of a 3-wk. tour of Australia and
New Zealand. Glad she enjoys back to na-
ture experiences, even the rather strenuous
ones Anne Temple Samson and hus-
band Bud stayed State-side in order to take
an Alaskan cruise and mini-vacations in
South Lake Tahoe and Yosemite plus a pic-
nic at Bohemian Grove, wine tasting in Napa
Valley and viewing 300 redwoods on the
Russian River. All this together with a spring
drive along the Blue Ridge and visit to Sweet
Briar surely must make them look forward to
a "quiet winter" at home in Houston.
Alma Simmons Rountrey sent along
a photo taken at our 55th reunion. She and
Lucy Hoblitzell (who has been much in-
volved in feeding and restoration sen/ices
following the floods in WV) want to remind
us that our 60th will arrive sooner than we
think - so plan now! Alma is completing her
3rd yr. as church elder, volunteers in a local
charity, serves as decent with a museum and
takes to the bleachers when her oldest
granddaughter plays in her university's
marching band Lav Dillon Wintzer,
Helen Wolcott, Hester Kraemer Avery
and I were also in the photo. Lav's card came
too late for last year's notes but I can report
her involvement in a big Dillon reunion 8/
93 - the 125th anniv. of her grandfather's
founding of the E. Dillon Co.. in VA. Helen
Wolcott and I talk each week and celebrated
each other's birthdays at wickedly expensive
restaurants. She is much involved with her
church and the Presbyterian Home, stays
abreast of Kennedy Center theater perfor-
mances and makes time to be a good neigh-
bor and also a good caretaker of her 2 happy
black cats. Hester, I am saddened to report,
died in March. She had written in Dec. that
her condo overlooked the Garden of the
Gods and Pike's Peak and that she would
spend Christmas in Boston with her 2 sons.
We've also lost 3 other classmates in recent
years; Catherine Brandt Bryant 6/92,
Barbara Raymond White 11/92, and
Dorothy Barry Ketcham 6/9/93 Dot s
son Donald wrote that "Sweet Briar helped
make her the fine woman she was. Thank
you." What a beautiful tribute.
It's always interesting to find out
about unusual events. Last year Mary
Templeton received a letter addressed to
her deceased father (at his defunct law firm
in a torn-down building) in answer to a let-
ter sent to Ireland in 1908. She learned that
her grandmother's brother's children still live
in Ireland so in Sept. she and sister Jean met
7 of their Harkness cousins tor an unex-
pected family reunion in Sligo, southern Ire-
land. Another unusual reunion site was the
USS Constitution in HI. For a week 1 2 of the
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Barbara Benzinger Lindsley family
toured the islands doing their own thing but
met for meals - a recommended arrange-
ment Banks McPherson Harper has a
different type of "unusual" to report. The
youngest of her 4 daughters, Betsy, is be-
ing married this winter so her parents are
"very proud to be involved in a wedding in
our old age." I identify with Frances Spiller
Scott's description of her visit to Sea Island
- "we played croquet and bridge in a burst
of energy " She retired from the bank about
1 yrs. ago and now after her 2nd husband's
recent death is planning a move to a
smaller apartment. She sees Mary Wynn
Wayman of Fort Worth quite often.
Our class president's 1992 response
card arrived 4/93 after she returned from a
cruise through the Panama Canal! (Others of
you who delay using the postcard, let me
hear from you whenever.) Anne has been
studying French and belongs to a club where
she writes papers on the topic of the year.
Beverley Hill Furniss enjoys her retire-
ment village life where there is always a lot
going on. She swims every morning and has
started a class in line dancing. She does get
to Atlanta occasionally to see her son John
and while there touches base with Natalae
Strickland Waters Rebecca Young
Fraser also sees Natalae since both are
active in Atlanta's community events. Becky
still lives in her house of 51 yrs. She wrote
glowingly of SBC president, Barbara Hill and
the new development officer, "Mitch" Moore.
Becky had attended the fall Donor Recogni-
tion Weekend in Baltimore/Annapolis.
The birth of their 1st great grandchild in
Albuquerque caused Katherlne James
Hall and Jack to delay their departure for FL
in favor of a family gathering in St. Louis for
Christmas. Katherine has a namesake grand-
daughter who will return from her |r. yr. at
the Univ. of Florence in time for the festivi-
ties. Tennis 3 times a wk. will need new
scheduling. I won't tell you how Isabel
Scriba describes herself since the mainte-
nance of her Garden City home must have
gotten to her! Sounds like she needs to visit
her "little place" on the FL Keys now as well
as in the winter. Perhaps we both should
follow the example of Marguerite Duval
McGinnis. She asked a local art class to
copy a picture of the West Dell which in-
cluded the old Sweet Briar Oak. It's now
framed and provides relaxing memories.
Jean Delamarter Halverson has
had a busy year which included a 3-wk. trip
with daughter Pam to London, Switzerland
and Paris and this Sept. to Concord, MA and
Nantucket. She'll probably stay closer to
home now that son Chris and family are re-
locating from San Francisco to Winter Park,
FL. I hope Jean knows that Blandina
Jones Skilton has lived in Winter Park for
many yrs. Blandina had a "special" time in
June watching her oldest grandson receive
his Doctorate in Law at Cornell where both
his father and grandfather went to college.
She also makes seasonal visits to North
Charleston, SC to see son Bill at St. Thomas
Episcopal Church and gives many hrs. of
volunteer work at her church. The note from
Alison Dunne Harrison and Hunt post-
marked North Bay, CA, doesn't mention all
that French we studied at the Sorbonne back
in 1934, but she does say that the birth of a
brand new great granddaughter now quali-
fies them as sr. citizens. Sounds to me like
more bridge is on tap and golf and of course
their gardening which invites competition
from deer and quail. Harriet Williams
Rand also tells of great grands. She has 2,
a boy and a girl, born in Rl. Harriet is in Vero
Beach, FL so that means travel time for great
grandma. Was sorry to learn that her hus-
band Dallas died after a long illness ayr. ago.
Harriet found a cruise through the Baltic was
very relaxing in July. Frances "Pood"
Morrison Ruddell has also been widowed.
She hears every now and then from Judy
Halliburton Davis. Judy and Burke moved
into an attractive retirement complex in
Greensboro but will continue to spend most
of their time in the mountains where they still
maintain a big garden and have held meet-
ings of the NC Botanical Garden and the
Herb Society of America. Judy is on the
board of the Botanical Garden, and Burke on
the Duke Gardens. They had a delightful
summer visit from Ann Temple Samson and
her husband, and later had fun seeing Becky
Young Frazer at the SB weekend in Balti-
more. The 5 grandchildren are thriving.
1992 was a tough year for Marian
Walker Alcaro whose husband and also
her son Tony, our 1 st class baby, died. Sepa-
rations and changes have come into the
lives of more and more of us. We also have
been blessed along the way. Mary Jane
Hastings Dunfee still enjoys living in
Morelos, Mexico and says "ail is well" now
that her husband is recuperating from a
stroke. And Julia Peterkin has moved to
a continuing care retirement center in
Sykesville, MD called Fairhaven. She is
comfortable in a 3-room cottage and says
she will welcome visitors. Sounds like a
great spot for a spring outing.
As tor me, I realize I should practice my
typing - so many errors in spite of the fact
that I really am accurate when volunteering
at our library's computer. Right now I've
some altar linens awaiting my iron and I
must finish up some potholders for our up-
coming bazaar. Have taken too much time
feasting on a maple tree's beauty and mov-
ing furniture in preparation for the window
washers. I am most fortunate that so many
of you wrote. Thanks to each one of you.
1939
President: Sarah Belk Gambrell
Vice-President: Patricia Balz Vincent
Secretary: Jean McKenney Stoddard
Fund Agent: Julia Ridgely Howe
Mary Frances Buchanan, in Rich-
mond, VA, continues to enjoy surf fishing in
front of her beach house in Nag's Head, NC.
She is again an officer in her church, and is
House Chairman and Honorary President of
the Garden Club of VA. Another accomplish-
ment: she has 10 grandchildren, 3 of whom
are in college. Janet Thorpe writes that her
life is quiet but busy "the way retirement
goes." Looking forward to reunions in '94
is the theme of many cards, including
Lucy Jeffers in NYC and Augusta Saul
Edwards Farrier in Roanoke, VA. "A little
tennis, a little group-piano-playing, church
activities and travel, plus birthday parties and
graduations" gave Augusta a busy year!
Grace Robinson McGuire and Bill
"live a delightful good-for-nothing life in a
retirement home in Charlotte," happy with 10
grandchildren ranging from law school to
kindergarten In Virginia Beach, VA, Ann
Parks IS "in good health but getting worse
and worse at golf." She keeps in touch with
Lucy Jeffers EleonorClaffin Williams -
Clafty - attended a group art show in Bor-
deaux in which she was participating. "It was
interesting to meet artists from all over
the world." She also spent some time in
Paris. Marguerite Myers Glenn went to
Vancouver, Canada, and Victoria as well as
several trips to CO and Hong Kong. While
at home she watches over 1 72 acres of cran-
berries and looks forward to the harvesting.
Her grandchildren attend San Francisco
University, Willamette U. in Salem, OR, and
Colorado State at Fort Collins.
Betsy Bell Emmons divides her life
between Portsmouth, NH and Naples, FL,
and volunteers in both places. She will soon
move to a retirement home in Exeter, NH and
is enthusiastic about her plans and her new
location. From Rocky Mount, NC Shirley
Jones Woodard writes that activities have
been very limited as her husband is not well.
However, visits from family and friends
have kept them entertained. And from
Rancho Santa Fe, CA comes word that Jane
Holden Walker sold her condo on the is-
land of Kauai. She spent some time there and
also in Greece. Her grandson, from Poztola
Valley, CA, is a fresliman at Duke. Fritz and
Tready Downs enjoy travelling but admit
that the kennel fees for their 2 dogs equal
their travel expenses! Between trips the
Downses keep active golfing and bowling.
Anne Dearstyne Cornwell "is fortunate
to live 10 miles south of the Missouri River,"
and so escaped the '93 floods. She was for-
tunate, too, in going to CA, and England
where her granddaughter graduated from
Cambridge Univ. She speaks 5 languages
fluently, and is job-hunting for "something
where she can use them."
The Board of Directors of the Summer
Weathervane Theatre in Whitefield,NH, have
given Julia Ridgely Howe "a lifetime sub-
scription to all the plays and musicals dur-
ing the summer." in the 130-yr.-old red barn.
Julia adds "I can't think of anything that has
given me more pleasure" and signs her card
from "your completely contented classmate."
Kay Bonsall Strong comments on how the
years rush by! She has 3 grandsons in S.
Africa and 3 granddaughters in NJ, and she
commutes between them. Her son Robert
will marry his beautiful Filipino fiance this
year, and her older son will accompany
Bouncey to St. Malo. France to a 50th me-
morial reunion for her brother. This past year
has been full of medical spooks." writes
Jean Moore von Sternberg from Mis-
sion Viejo. CA. Her husband George "4 mos.
after crushing his shoulder, had another fall,
resulting in a total hip replacement." In Oct.,
the von Sternbergs went on a long awaited
- and hopefully fall free! - sea cruise.
"I spend most of my time trying to see
all there is in AZ. There is always something
new and different and not enough time in the
day. I am busy and wish all of you were here
too!" This from Betty Barnes Bird in Sun
City. A2 Annie Benedict Swain and Ned
are "enjoying retirement home living," and
she says that "in many ways it's like going
back to college! Wonderful setting, nice
people, and plenty to do. I had a plot in the
community garden so I had cut flowers for
our apartment, and a few tomatoes!" From
the Eastern Shore, Connie Wallace Price
wonders why people think of it as a quiet,
peaceful and restful place when she is busier
than she "ever believed possible - and no
SBC gals to help!" Cherrie Wilson
Arrington is still tutoring in Adult Basic
Education, and working with the long-term
care advisory committee. Her son. his wife
and baby daughter moved from FL to Atlanta
"which puts them now in viewing range of
the Arringtons in Asheboro, NC." Eleonor
Vandruff Salvas is still in the Andover
nursing home in NJ, after suffering a stroke
last year.
From downtown St. Paul. MN, where
she recently moved, Nancy Gatch Svien
says "my apartment connects with our fine
skyways and one can walk under glass all
year long, and be in touch with the heart of
the city. Everything is within reach - food,
doctors, theaters, libraries and shopping. I
have a terrific view of the Mississippi and the
barge-train-boating life of this part of the
world. With my 3 children living here, it is
the perfect place for me." Mary Jeff Welles
Pearson is in a retirement home near Win-
chester, and "envies all the '39ers who are
still taking strenuous trips and can do all the
things they want " Yvonne Leggett Dyer
Sanford feels negligent about writing to all
her friends, but wants them all to know she
"is still an earth creature and grateful for
Sweet Briar pals." Her children are nearby,
and all is well with her and her family.
In La Jolla. CA. Suzette Boutell
McLeod and husband John keep busy with
the Society for Computer Simulation, and
she continues her work with Church Women
United. They are happy that their younger
son Robert and his family recently moved
from CO to AZ so they will be able to see him,
Nancy and their 5 grandchildren more.
Gracey Luckett Bradley had a reunion at
Linville, NC. with Lottie, Henri, and Lillian.
Her other news is her new apartment at 100
Glenview Place. Naples, FL. Among the
many places visited by Lee Montague
Watts in the past year were the Hill Towns
of Italy, Vancouver, Istanbul, the Greek Isles.
OR, and Athens. She also sailed on the "Sea
Cloud" in the Mediterranean, did a lot of
sightseeing, shopping, and eating, and had
a wonderful time!
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Must end with ttie sad news ttiat 3 class-
mates have left us: Leila Bond Preston (2/
16/93). Valeria Gott Murphey (5/28), and
Anna Espach Weckler (9/6) Deepest
sympathy to all their families.
1943
President: Prentiss Jones Hale
Secretary: Elizabeth Hall Schwartz
Fund Agents: Mary Love Ferguson
Sanders, Margaret Swindell
Dickerman
Our sympathy goes out to the family of
Mary Law Taylor who died 4/22/93. and
to Barbara McNeill Yow whose husband
Jack died in Sept. of a massive stroke. Heard
from Marjorie Shugart of the death of her
husband. Burt on 7/7, but she is so happy
to have such fond memories of our wonder-
ful 50th reunion.
Our 50th reunion is now a happy
memory for the 43 of us who were there. I
wish all of you could have been there for a
wonderful occasion. Tookie Kniskern
White says she and Bob enjoy retirement
and time for their 13 grandchildren, ages 22
- 1 year. Still living in the mountains over-
looking Waikiki and Pacific Ocean. Chesley
Johnson Dale - Arnurius can be found
either at IVIorris Lake or one of the Walking
Horse Shows where husband Arnie usually
rides. Three children, all in teaching profes-
sion, and 4 grandchildren. Suzanne Dou-
glas Terry remained at Johns Island even
after her husbands death 1 yrs. ago. 3 chil-
dren and 8 grandchildren all love to visit.
Back in school studying French is Betty
Braxton (Broc) Preston and is instrumen-
tal in the operation of a food pantry for an
Intertaith Assistance Organization. Jeanne
Turney Benjamin is still dreaming of scor-
ing in the 80's in her golf and has begun
52nd year of marriage to the same man.
Effie Seigling Bowers reports 6 children
and 8 grandchildren. She plays chatty bridge
and is involved with church and the music
dept. at Columbus College (not performing).
Esther Jett Holland had a busy summer
with children and their families at Virginia
Beach. One son is moving back to Suffolk
andwill live one block from them. Elizabeth
Weems Obervfetter has 28 children and
grandchildren all living nearby in CO. She
and first husband Pat Westfeldt are friendly
divorced parents. Her second husband was
conductor Izler Solomon, deceased, as is 3rd
husband, childhood sweetheart Mauro
Oberwetter. Enjoying the quiet life of Cape
Cod are Virginia Dewing Dorsey and
John. Their 2 daughters and husbands are
all teachers and their 4 grandchildren a de-
light. She spends her time at bridge and oil
painting. Posy Hazard Potter had 3 fun
weeks with children in Aug. in Rl, and a visit
with her sister and tour of the Canyons in A2.
Annabelle Forsch Prager wishes to alert
the grandmas of our class about her new
book "The Baseball Party" which will be
published soon by Random House. She is
still busy with the Interschool Orchestra of
New York she founded and there are now 5
of them. In the spring there will be a Youth
Festival of the IVlusic of Germany sponsored
by the German government. A second grand-
son lor Beth Dickman Smith was born to
daughter Caroline. Grandchild #18 was wel-
comed by Dorothy Campbell Maher and
granddaughter Page Scribner, SBC class of
'93, graduated t\/lagna Cum Laude Phi Beta
Kappa. She included news that Bonnilee
Key Garrett and Gavin celebrated their 50th
anniv. in June. Clare Eager Matthai took
a nostalgic trip back to Chelsea, Nova Scotia
where she spent summers of her youth and
went through the house they owned. Went
also to Prince Edward island and Cape
Breton Janice Fitzgerald Wellons still
teaches piano and husband Jimmy was cho-
sen one of 15 outstanding judges and attor-
neys of NC to be interviewed by UNC Law
School and have his biography put in the
University Library. Jane Findlay Tate and
Charlie continue work with Family Selection
Committee of Habitat for Humanity. Sum-
mers are spent in Canada and remainder of
year in Sarasota, FL. Since reunion Fay
Martin Chandler saw Letria Ord Bonbright
in Nautucket and she and Al had dinner with
Louise Moore Nelson and Bruce on their way
from ME to VA Mary Love Ferguson
Sanders and Lynn took a break from the
heat and spent 2 wks. in CO and plan a trip
soon to see the Copper Canyon by train
in Mexico. She saw Sandy Packard
Sargent's husband Leonard's interview on
CBS news re: Returning Wolves to the
Yellowstone Area. Sorry we didn't know
about it. The highlight of Kitty Doar Jones
summer was a 2-wk. cruise on Holland
American's new Statendam in the Baltic Sea.
After attending our 50th at SBC, Anne
McJunkin Briber and Frank went to his
50th at MIT, Saw the Boston Pops live and
visited Colby College in ME where their
granddaughter is a freshman. The summer
was spent in Milwaukee and returned to
Amelia Island in Sept. with a stop to visit
daughter Ann in Washington D.C. After re-
union Caroline Miller McClintock and
Gales visited Esther Jett Holland and Hugh
in Suffolk, VA and drove down the NC Outer
Banks ferrying to mainland and SC. In mid
Sept. they attended a Sweet Briar Recogni-
tion Weekend in Baltimore. They and Mar-
garet Swindell Dickerman, Nancy
(Ping) Pingree Drake and Em, Frances
Gregg Petersmeyer and Wrede repre-
sented the class of 43 Byrd Smith Hunter
and Frank went in Feb. to the Yucatan, Ja-
maica and Grand Canyon. In Sept. went to
Nags Head. NC and spent their 50th wedding
anniv. in Little Switzerland, NC. So happy to
hear from Betty Lawrie Kimbraugh after
a long silence. She and Dick now live in
Stuart, FL. She plays lots of tennis and
bridge and does some Jr. League work.
Travel consists of a cruise occasionally, vis-
iting daughter Laurie and grandson Wade in
Denver and son Richard Jr. and bride in
Santa Fe. Spent 2 weeks ot summer visiting
friends in various areas of their home state
Ml Fayette McDowell Willett writes that
Marguerite Hume had a mini SBC re-
union for some who missed the 50th Mary
Wheeler Hilliard, Helen Lawton Mitchell, Ann
Williams Tuley, Anne Tweedy Ardery and
Fayette joined her for lunch and tales of re-
union. Marguerite has been to Iowa to help
the Red Cross effort with flood relief in Des
Moines and Bettendorf and then to Wales
with friends for vacation, Mary Carter
Richardson cruised from NY to Quebec
and back. Had success at bingo, slot ma-
chines and a bridge championship. Tookie
Kniskern White says this is their year for
travel. A trip up the Columbia River Gorge,
Mt. Hood, Mt. Rainier before reunion. A trip
to Southeast Alaska and visit with friends in
VT and the Adirondaks. Going on safari to
Kenya and Tanzania this fall. Brooks
Barnes had a visit from Ouija and Bob Bush
in June and lots of other summer visitors,
Ouija Bush and Bob visited Brooks and
also Nancy Eagles O'Bannon during a 6-wk.
car trip in the East. Bob has since had a knee
replacement and is doing well, Virginia
White Brinton discovered that our class-
mate Resell Faulkner Scales is a close
neighbor. She attended the Ewald Scholar
conference on American Indians at Sweet
Briar. Also, attended conference in Rich-
mond on Race and Reconciliation. Betty
Schmeisser Nelson led Bojan, her Cairn
Terrier, to a UD degree in the obedience ring.
Very proud of her. Now back doing volun-
teer work. Prentice Jones Hale says they
spent one wk, in NH and another on Cape
Cod with Peter's sister. Still a counselor lor
Sexual Assault Crisis Service and Head of
the Altar Guild and Sub-Deacon at her
church. Dot Stauber McCarthy and Joe
went on the "Crown Odysey" up the west
coast of Nonway and into the Artie Circle.
1300 miles from the North Pole. Saw spec-
tacular scenery of waterfalls, mountains, gla-
ciers, reindeer and native Laplanders, etc.
Frances Taylor Twigg had a rough 1 992
medically, but is thankfully back to her nor-
mal busy schedule of church work and
bridge. Nancy (Ping) Pingree Emerson
also wrote of their meeting in Baltimore at
SBC's recognition of many working on the
Capital Drive. One grandchild is a freshman
at Princeton playing Varsity Field Hockey so
will make a trip there before season ends.
Page Ruth Foster is getting back into low
impact aerobics and volunteer work at her
grandson's school after poor health in 1992.
Son Robin now Chief Planning Officer for
City and County of Honolulu. Son Nelson
co-authored the book "Chilies to Chocolate"
published late 1992. Daughter Dolly study-
ing for degree in counseling. Lucy Kiker
Jones visited her grandson in San Antonio,
TX in Oct. She sees Esther Jett at the beach
every summer Elizabeth Shepherd
(Shep) Scott is settled in a restored town
house in her hometown. She has a son and
a daughter but no grandchildren. Skip
Bracher Leggett writes one wall of her
house is now covered with Jack's latest 30
lb trophy fish Margaret Swindell
Dickerman attended the Alumnae Council
week-end which Mary Love Sanders and I
could not attend. It was a good working
week-end and we will soon be hearing from
her and Mary Love, our new fund agents.
Since reunion we have had a quiet sum-
mer with short trips to Austin, San Antonio
and Matamores, Mexico, Looking forward to
a NYC Theater tour in Dec. with my sister
Ruth Hall Peckham Class of '45. Thanks for
a great response to my cards. Let's plan now
for our 55th reunion.
1947
President: Jane Warner Williams
Secretary: Elizabeth Ripley Davey
Fund Agents: Lucinda Converse Ash,
Katharine Weisiger Osborne
Many thanks to ail for the great cards
and letters! I wish I could do justice to all the
news but lor the sake of brevity I must con-
dense so much. And thanks again to Nan for
helping me out last time! Kay Weisiger
Osborne stays busy and happy with study
groups, elderhostels and bridge mixed in
between visits to her mother at the Presby-
terian nursing home in Charlotte and chil-
dren in FL and Seattle. She controls her
arthritis with water therapy and works to sim-
plify her life and possessions. Isabel
Zulick Rhoads moved from her address of
34 yrs. and learned that "one does accumu-
late things!". Our sympathy to Martha
Budd Shelnutt who lost her mother to can-
cer. In May Martha had a wonderful time on
the SBC trip to Italy and reports a new grand-
daughter born in June. Pat Hassler
Schubert and Jack returned in Oct. from a
visit with Emily Schubert Carr and Bob
at their vacation home in Hilton Head.
Elaine Davis Blackford and Chuck who
have retired to Hilton Head came for dinner.
Elaine and Pat hadn't seen each other for 40
yrs! Pat and Jack also went on the SBC trip
to Italy in May. Ann Webb Moses had a
trip to southern Italy in May with the
Vergilian Society, staying at Cumae, just
north of Naples. She also writes that "August
we spent in New England, the highlight be-
ing a week on a NH lake with 1 4 of my rela-
tives, including our daughter, her husband,
and their Sarah (3), and my sister Sally Webb
Lent (SBC '50) and her descendants." Anne
is busier than ever with her work at DSC Med
School, playing roles of patients in classes
and exams, Linda McKoy Stewart and her
family are well, busy and happy, Jackie
Schreck Thompson and Tom are in good
health and her children are doing well. They
had 2 lovely vacations in '93 and a great visit
with Eleanor Crumrine Stewart Sara
Ann McMullen Lindsey attended her 50th
h.s. reunion. She and Doug drove 4700
miles, visiting family and friends and work-
ing on various projects. They spend half of
their time in Alexandria, VA and half in Essex
County, VA. She is active with Colonial
Dames, the Essex County Historical Society
and the APVA. Gloria Gamble Jones was
called out of retirement by her old law firm
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and she is working at home as a part-lime
real estate paralegal. She has a new grand-
son, and Texas A&IVI Univ, Press is publish-
ing her son's lirst book, Jackie Stillwell
Clarke enjoyed her 50th h,s. reunion. "Time
rolled away" and she was 16 again. She is
working on an anecdotal genealogy and
helps her daughter with research tor a
master's degree. She is sending several
plays to Samuel French to explore publish-
ing possibilities tor amateur groups. Ann
Marshall Whitley was busy getting the
new SBC museum and new Alumnae house
readylordedication in Oct. "Perfect weather,
big turnout and fun cocktail party on the ter-
race." Jenny Belle Bechtel Whyte '48 is
sending her an 18th century coverlet for
the museum cradle, Ann visited Kay
Fitzgerald Booker in Dayton, OH in Sept
Kay planned to attend the SBC Library Board
meeting in Oct Ginger Barron Summer's
work with Colonial Dames took her to Okla-
homa City, Portland, Washington, and New
York. She has a new grandson - the sixth -
with ages ranging from a few mos. to 22 yrs.
The granddaughters are 1 and 1 8. She and
Lloyd enjoy fishing. They keep their boat in
Chattanooga and have taken recent trips up
the Tennessee River. She had plans to meet
Jean Old, Shirley Levis Johnson,
Jacquie Murray Sanner, Eleanor
Crumrine Stewart, Anne Brinson
Nelson, Ann Marshall Whitley and
Margie Redfern at the Summer's Ponte
Vedra, FL cottage in the tall. Shirley Levis
Johnson and Jean Old had a trip to inland
Turkey and the Turquoise coast for a wk. She
was planning a trip to Russia and the new
southern republics. She welcomed a new
grandson, bringing her total to 2 grandsons
and 1 granddaughter. Another traveling
classmate, Virginia King, looks lonward to
"cruismg the mighty Mississippi" 3/93.
Anne Burckhardt Block and Frank con-
tinue to enjoy their 3 grandsons and 1 grand-
daughter and to travel. Ginna Walker
Christian is on the board of "Poplar
Forest," Thomas Jefferson's second home.
It is a beautiful Palladian house outside
Lynchburg and she urges us all to visit!
Cordelia Lambert Stites is sorry to have
missed reunion She and Bill are still travel-
ling and she mentions trips to Egypt, Mo-
rocco and Alaska. She is an active volunteer
at her local elem. school and in her church.
Bridge and friends keep her busy and she
looks forward to a 7th grandchild. Eleanor
Bosworth Shannon's activities center
around her 5 grandchildren, aged 2 to 8. Her
eldest daughter. Eleanor, and her husband
and 3 children moved back to Charlottesville
and her 2nd daughter, Bess, and her hus-
band and 2 children are in Philadelphia, The
grandchildren add up to 4 girls and 1 boy,
Bozzie's other daughters are Lois, who is
married and works lor Apple Computer,
Susan who is with a day care center in
Charlottesville and Virginia who works at
Duke U, on the president's staff, Maria
Tucker Bowerf ind writes "At last - 2 wed-
dings and 2 lovely new daughters added to
our family - one a physician and prof, of
medicine from Yugoslavia and one a social
worker from Florence AL, wives of Peter and
Tucker," Daughter Jane is in residency in
Philadelphia and son Bill is in med. school
Husband Pete has retired but continues to
teach in med. school and he and Maria make
many trips south visiting friends and rela-
tives. Maria has taken up water aerobics to
preserve the knees! Aimee Des Pland
McGIrt had to give up a planned trip to
Scandinavia but consoled herself with short
trips within the USA. She looks lonward to
taking her 2 granddaughters and 2 grand-
sons to Ireland next summer. She still
teaches part-time at the local community
college. Bettie Golden Tyler continues to
enjoy being a great grandmother! She has a
grandson who is a Harvard grad, class of '93.
Ashley Hudgins Rice says it was a real
treat to attend her first Peninsula Alumnae
luncheon since moving back to VA. She is
in Williamsburg "right up the road from Nan
Hart Stone and Judy Burnett Halsey "
Carol Blanton McCord and Mac have vis-
ited and Nan and Billy joined Ashley and
Link at VA Beach over the 4th of July. Nan
also reports a week on Maui, H1 1/93. Carol
and Mac had a good summer at their home
on Lake Sunapee, NH. They enjoyed visits
from their sons and daughters and their fami-
lies, friends, and escaping the heat. Liz
Ripley Davey certainly enjoyed her time
with Carol and Mac - a delightful spot and
wonderful visit. Carol also saw many SBC
alumnae in Baltimore at the Recognition
Weekend in Sept Meredith Slane Person
reports a 10th "adorable" grandchild - 5
granddaughters and 5 grandsons What a
record! She has just purchased a home in
Grandfather Mountain, Linville, NC and is
selling her family vacation place in Sea Is-
land, GA, going lor cooler climes in the sum-
mer. She still builds miniature rooms and
one of them is now on display in a museum.
Meredith and Curtis enjoyed the Napoleon
exhibit in Memphis, TN and recently re-
turned from the PGA tournament in Toledo,
OH. Alex Marcoglou Tully sent a letter full
ot news. She tells of a trip to Paris to visit
her brother whom she had not seen tor 10
yrs, and to meet his wife for the first time,
"My brother knew all the interesting places
to eat, I gained 6 pounds and loved every bit
ot it," From Pans they went to Majorca and
then on to Athens to join her husband,
Richard, and then to the island of Spetsai,
stopping in Aegina on the way. After 2 wks,
ot bathing, sunning and visiting old friends
they returned to NY in Aug, Jane Warner
Williams reported a great year. Wash
Ferrier Ramsey visited Jane in AZ and NC
and Jane traveled to Santa Fe, NM and
Cancun, MX, Jane almost retired from the
real estate business. Her company gave her
a wonderful party to honor 25 yrs, of service
and she found she couldn't quit! She is only
semi-retired, playing golf again, enjoying her
9 and 7 yr,-old grandsons and the best ol
both worlds. She enjoyed a family trip to
Linville, NC where she ran into Joan
McCoy Edmunds and Bill and iust missed
seeing Irving Brenizer Johnston and Pat
Hassler Schubert
I cannot fail to acknowledge the special
letter I received from Janet Amilon
Wagner's husband, Joe, reporting her
death and fondly recalling her SBC years, I
know we all send sympathy to Joe and her
family. And last but not least my thanks to
Stu McGuire Gilliam tor a cordial "no
news" card proving no news is good news
in many cases. Let me hear from you all
again next time!
1951
President: Joan Motter Andersen
Secretary: Marcy Staley Marks
Fund Agent: Ann Sheldon Taylor
Terry Faulkner Phillips and her hus-
band, Wes, moved to a house in VT designed
by Wes surrounded by lovely country, many
lakes and ponds where they especially en-
joy the winters with all the snow, Betty
Crisler Buchignani has 3 children and 10
grandchildren, Ann Red Barstow along
with being an AIDS volunteer is also volun-
teering at a psychosocial club for stabilized
individuals with neuro-biological disorders
where her specialty is reading and language
rehabilitation Ursula Reimer Van Anda
volunteers at the gift shop at Packard
Children's Hospital and is active in her
church fellowship, Joanne Williams
Eraser is now happily "summer-settled" in
their 150 year old log cabin, spiders, trout
and all in the Adirondack Mountains on a
ridge viewing Lake George at Bolton Land-
ing Sally Anderson Bernays has 4
daughters and 12 grandchildren. Sue
Lockley Glad, who plans to retire at the end
ol 1993, had a family reunion at Black Butte,
OR and a trip to China, Nancy Pesek
Rasenberger serves on the Women's
Committee at the Corcoran Gallery as well
as being a modest collector ol 20th C,
American art, Betty Brawner Bingham
ran for Town Commissioner in FL, Sue
Taylor Lilley is working full time in an
abuse and neglect prevention crisis nursery,
Anne Sinsheimer is busy with volunteer-
ing at the Art Center as well as working to-
wards a botanical garden in San Luis
Obispo Muff Marks Herbruck and Bud
planned to spend the winter in SC with
their two dogs and two horses, Lynn
McCullough Gush's house was struck by
lightning in July which fried the VCR, one
TV, an outside circuit, an inside circuit, all
the high security lights in the garden, one set
of Malibu lights and a 65-tt, pine, Janet
Broman Dingle planned to spend from
mid-Feb, to April 1 in FL, Nedra Greer
Stimpson still plays some tennis, goes
most weekends to their place in the country
where Ben fishes and hunts and stays busy
with 8 grandchildren, the oldest of whom is
5 In June M.J. Erickson Ertman and
Gardner went to Highland Park, IL for the
50th reunion of her Braeside School
8th grade class They stayed with Sue
Ostrander Hood who had composed a
song for her class at another school to the
tune of "Why Don't You Do Right," accom-
panied by toy ukulele. They saw many old
friends including Toddy Barton, Another
tennis player is Audrey Breitinger Post
who has been driving tor Meals-on-Wheels
for 21 yrs. and is also visiting nursing homes
and other shut-ins. She caught up with Joan
Davis Warren who was vacationing in ME,
Along with entertaining houseguests, Ruth
Clarkson Costello has found time to write
a few poems Angle Vaughan Halliday
and Bob visited his sister in Switzerland fol-
lowed by a brief tour ol Italy where Bob
painted and Angle soaked up local color. She
has a small accounting and tax services'
business Cookie (Elizabeth Cooke
McCann), who was widowed 6/93, is exec,
director of the Alexandria, VA Republican
party and found time to travel with her
daughter and her 3 children to San Antonio
as well as to Hong Kong with friends, Mary
Pease Fleming celebrated Seymour
Laughon Rennold s birthday with Ann
Sheldon Taylor and Eugenia Ellis
Mason, The latter came through the Peters-
burg tornado unscathed, Seymour went to
the Netherlands on a special doll house tour
to see antique and modern minatures in
museums and private collections, something
she had wanted to do for as long as
she can remember, Annie Moo (Ann
Mountcastle Gamble) and her husband
visited their daughter and family in Paris
where she had a chance to practice her
French. Mona Wilson Beard visited SBC
and found it as beautiful as ever, Katharine
Phinizy Mackie had a cruise between
Singapore and Bangkok, visiting Bali and
several other islands in between, but wished
she had gone 17 yrs, ago before the mod-
ernizations, pollution, and the hordes ot
tourists destroyed the old world charm,
Jean Randolph Bruns, who has a new
granddaughter in Chian Mai, Thailand, will
spend the winter there and come home via
Julie Micou and Dick Eastwood in Walnut
Creek, CA, The latter came through Portland
on Amtrack on their way home from Glacier
National Park with |ust enough time between
trains for a quick visit during lunch. It was
just before Julie went into the hospital for a
successful total hip replacement. On a 3-wk.
African photographic safari Ruth Oddy
Meyer and her husband stayed in tents, flew
in small planes and visited Zimbabwe,
Botswana and Capetown, S, Africa, El-
ephants came into the camp at night and they
had an elephant print no more than 6 ft, from
their tent wall one night. Another night a
hyena stole their soap. Widowed in 1984,
Nancy Brumback Kruvand travels a lot
and has had an antique business for the past
25 yrs. Since graduating from the U, of Dela-
ware in 1 951 , Kae Fretz has been a wife, a
mother ol 5, an elem. school teacher, a re-
medial teacher lor grades K-12, and is now
teaching 1 8-21 yr, olds and adults in a state
psychiatric hospital. After losing her hus-
band, Mary Newell Curlee sold their
house and re-did a smaller one with a
smaller yard and less upkeep. She is in-
volved with their Mental Health Assoc, and
with their new "Care center" for abused chil-
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dren Sun-shine (Tsun-Hsien) Bhagat's
son-in-law was transferred from Australia to
Singapore where Sun-sfiine spent a wonder-
ful 2 mos. Her daugfiter commutes from
Singapore to Los Angeles wtiere she then
flies for Delta, Patty Lynas Ford retired in
Jan, after 20 yrs, in the same dept. in the
Stanford t^/ledical School, She and Dick, who
has also retired and is concentrating on his
gardening, have had some marvelous trips
to England and France. The first of Joan
Hess Michel's 3 children to marry was
Christopher, a pastry chef, to another chef
in Lexington, KY, They met while attending
the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde
Park, NY, While visiting my daughter and her
family in Libertyville, IL, I had a chance to
visit with Joan Widau Marshall who
works for Scott Forsman and golfs with her
husband. Hap.
1955
President: Rebecca Faxon Knowles
Secretary: Ginger Chamblin Greene
Fund Agent: Mitzi Streit Halla
Hello, classmates, it's that time again.
First of all, thanks for all the yearbook offers.
I have Gail Davidson Bazarre's on loan,
since she lives |ust up the road from me.
Our class doesn't seem to have been
traveling as much this year (or maybe it's
gotten so standard you forgot to mention
it). The winner as usual is Mitzi Streit
Halla, who went to the Amazon, Barbados.
Bohemia, Guatemala, Scandinavia, Indone-
sia, the Philippines, and Iceland. She still
manages to run her real estate business
(how?) and is pleased to have both sons liv-
ing near her just now. Pat Smith Ticer took
time off from running Alexandria to go to
Greece with husband Jack. You may have
seen in the Alumnae News that she recently
spoke at SBC on a Women in Officialdom
program, along with Dale Hotter, Wilma
IVlankiller and Pat Schroeder. Jeanette
Kennedy Hancock and Jimmie spent a wk.
in London. They have a new grandson, and
she is working with an adult literacy program
and finding it very challenging. Phyllis
Joyner spends a couple of mos, in France
every year, and visited Japan recently,
Phyllis Herndon Brissenden went to
St. Louis for the opera and Costa Rica for
birding: also to Santa Fe and S. Africa. She
does lundraising when she's at home.
Sandy Rhodes Berglund, in between ski-
ing and working with the ambulance service,
went to Tuscany for her son's wedding, then
to Phoenix, Hong Kong, and Chung Shan,
China, for a golf tournament. Art and I led a
tour in Turkey this summer and enjoyed it a
lot Frances Bell Shepherd and Jimmy
look a cruise around the British Isles in June,
then spent the summer on a dude ranch.
Marty Hedeman Buckingham and Dick
are heading out lor France, St. Barths, and
then FL. They have 2 grandchildren, their
first. They still plan to build on Skidaway
Island, GA Kathleen Peeples Pendleton
and some of her family took a barge trip in
France Diane Johnson DeCamp is plan-
ning a trip to antique fairs in England. She's
still very busy with the Garden Club, Fritz
Merriman Naylor gets around a lot, both
for fun and in her work. She and Les went to
the Grand Canyon last summer and thence
to TX to visit family; and she has been on
business trips to Philadelphia, FL, Phoenix,
Houston, and NY in |ust 2 months, I bet she
has lots of frequent flier miles.
We had several mini-reunions. The
biggest (and best reported) was in
Boston, on the occasion of Anne Williams
Manchester's daughter's wedding. Besides
Anne and Eli, there were Phyllis Joyner, Betty
Byrne Gill Ware and Hudnall, Shirley Sutliff
Cooper and Tom, Nancy Douthat Goss and
Woody, and Katherine Peeples Pendleton.
I'm told the music was beautiful, and Anne
looked as gorgeous as the bride. Camille
Williams Yow and Lawson were also in
Boston for a wedding and then joined the
l\/lanchesters. Coopers, Gosses, and Bexy
Faxon Knowles and Bob at the Cooper's
house in ME for the weekend. They all did a
little cruising on Bexy and Bob's beautiful
boat The Ivlanchesters then went to Japan
and China to recover, Camille is helping with
her 3 grandchildren and keeping busy with
volunteering, tennis and gardening, Nancy
Douthat Goss reports 2 grandchildren.
Another reunion took place at Sea Is-
land, GA, at Newell Bryan Tozzer's
mother's house. Present, besides Newell,
were Sue Lawton Mobley and John, Shirley
and Tom Cooper (again!), Bexy and Bob
Knowles (ditto), and Nella Gray Barkley and
Rufus, Sue says the pictures did not turn out
so nobody will know what they were up to.
Newell is delighted to have a granddaugh-
ter, her first. She also tells me that Nella's
book. How to Help Your Child Find the Flight
Job. was chosen as an alternate Book of the
Month Club selection. Our other author,
Emily Hunter Slingluff, is still writing and
also gives talks about her book topic, the
importance of parenting. Jane Feltus
Welch is. of course, still acting. Nancy
Douthat Goss saw her as Big fvlama in Cat
on a Hot Tin Roof and says she was terrific.
Jane and Liz Rector Keener and Jane
Dildy Williams got together for Jane's
grandchild's baptism. And this news just
reached me: our class has yet another au-
thor, Didi Stoddard. She has been threat-
ening us with that cookbook for ages, and it
has |ust now been published, to good re-
views. Its title is The Idylwilde Farms Cook-
book, and I can't wait to see a copy. Didi's
comment was, "See what an SBC education
can lead to!".
A lot of us are enjoying life at home.
Mickey Thune Parker and her husband
are raising those amazing Paso Fino horses
and enjoying visits from their children (the
11th and last one just graduated from
Princeton) and grandchildren. Burney
Parrott Sheeks redecorated her house and
is trying to remember why she needed to put
in an office. She has 5 grandchildren. Her
oldest daughter is about to release her sec-
ond record album, words and music written
by herself Dede Harrison Austin is busy
with tennis. Colonial Dames, Garden Club,
and the Tree Commission. She and Larry are
enjoying 3 grandchildren. Joan Kells
Cook was expecting a grandchild in Sept.
Her son Peter, who was seriously iniured in
a parachute accident, has made a complete
recovery. Another new granddaughter be-
longs to Nancy Anderson Shepard
Sally Oberlin Stevens and Chan live on
250 acres of trees and fields, and she loves
playing with the 3 grandchildren. They en-
joy her collection of wind-up toys. She wants
to know it Phyl Joyner is still as embar-
rassed as she at the memory of trying to write
the Senior Show. (Come on, girls, I thought
our Senior Show was pretty good, especially
the underwater part.) She sent great pictures
of the grandchildren, which I will save for the
reunion. Gail Davidson Bazarre and John
celebrated her 60th birthday with pictures of
their friends in their 20s and 30s, which they
made into a slide show. A great party and
guessing game Patricia Kilmer Norris
celebrated her 60th with a trip to Lake Arrow-
head and Palm Springs. She's also traveled
to Whitelish, MO, and Glacier National Park.
She IS president of the Women's Board for
Lawrence Hall Youth Services in Chicago
and is producing for local cable TV stations,
along with some volunteer work.
Some not-so-good news. Catherine
Cage Bruns lost her mother and a beloved
aunt, and Liz Rector Keener has had both
kidneys removed and is on dialysis while
waiting for a transplant. We send sympathy
to both of them, and wish Liz good luck and
a short wait.
Bar Plamp Hunt and George spent
his sabbatical rebuilding their house in
Eleuthera. (Look it up in your atlas.) You may
remember it was badly damaged by Hurri-
cane Andrew last yr Amanda McThenia
lodice and Don plan to move from Ml to
"warmer climes" soon and are both busy in
the meantime. They took care of grand-
daughter Amanda for a wk. last winter and
loved it Patty McClay Boggs and her
husband will also move soon, to NC, to be
nearer to their children and grandchildren.
Dianne Verney Greenway would like
us all to know that her name is now officially
Lumina Greenway. She loves living in Taos
and has bought property there: has local and
touring shows of her photographs: and is
expecting a second grandchild. And she
works with the local AIDS community doing
Reiki therapy.
Finally, Honey Addington Passano
suggests that we all read "A Southern Belle
Primer," last year's very funny book about
southern customs and behavior. She thinks
we could probably write the sequel it we
tried. What shall we call it?
1959
President: Jane Jamison Messer
Secretary: Snowdon Durham Kisner
Fund Agent: Mary Harrison Cooke
Carle
We are very sad to learn of the death of
our classmate Sally Southack Nameth in
Winsted, CT 1/17/92. Our condolences to
her family.
As I write this, I am still filled with the
imprint of my trip to Alumnae Council last
month. After almost 35 years. SB continues
to awe me with its beauty, to make me wel-
come with the graciousness of its faculty and
staff, to impress me with its growth and
young women of high caliber, but most of
all, it envelops me with a sense of belong-
ing. It was wonderful to be with our class-
mates on the reunion committee: the years
just slipped away, I hope you will try to re-
turn lor our 35th in May so that you might
have these renewing experiences, also,
I am trying to deny (Denial ain't just a
River in Egypt!) that we're old enough to have
all these grandchildren - but we do - by the
gross! Tricia Cox Ware's latest is Claire
Elizabeth Gibson, born to Mary Ware ('83)
and Brian Gibson in Huntsville, Pat Gay
Sills now has 101 She and Tom are moving
to Bonita Springs, FL and would love to see
any SB gals in the area. Betsy Smith
White welcomed a first grandson, Alvin
Johnston Dickens, IV, in March. After 3
daughters and a granddaughter, she and Bill
are having tun learning about little boys.
Tabb Thornton Farinholt and Blair now
have 2 grandsons. Young Blair is also the
grandson of Peggy West Valentine '55. Tabb
has enjoyed seeing and playing tennis with
Diane Chase Monroe '58 who now lives in
Irvington, VA. Their friendship goes back to
the mid-forties at Camp Allegheny. Kathy
Tyler Sheldon and John are enjoying
Brian's son, Dylan Harold. Kathy gets more
and more involved in her church work and
Bible Study workshops. Although John won't
even think about retiring from his medical
practice, they did have a lovely 3 wks. on
their sailboat this summer and are now ready
to face another Newfoundland winter.
Rachael Bok Goldman s first grandchild
is Cassandra Mane Kise. Rachel continues
studying adult education at the Univ. of Chi-
cago as well as the "Great Books" program.
Ward and Judy Nevins Le Hardy took
time from their round the world sail to come
home and meet their 5th grandchild, Anne.
They spent 4 fascinating mos. in Australia
and then sailed up the Great Barrier Reef. Son
Ward was married in Washington 9/25. They
are off again and hope to reach Thailand by
Christmas. Other sailors in our group are
Martha Burnet Carlisle and husband who
took their children and spouses to the
Caribbean over Christmas for a wks sailing.
Marfha says her tennis is lousy, but her
work at Wachovia Bank is wonderful. Val
Stoddard Loving's first grandchild was
born 12/92. Her daughter Beth was married
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the next month. Dede UK Mayer and hus-
band attended the ceremony, Virginia
Ramsy Crawford and fVlac had visits from
ali 8 grandchildren last Christmas! Mac is
retiring and they look tora/ard to lots of travel.
Our class president, Jane Jamison
IVIesser has a grandson, courtesy of daugh-
ter, Sarah. You'll not be surprised to know
that he is named Jamie after a long and
charming line of Jamison men.
IVIoving on to good news of different
sorts. Cay Ramey (Howard) Weimer
was married 7/1 7 to Ben Weimer, whom she
"re-met" at a friend's wedding. Ben was a Phi
Kap at W&L. Our wishes for much happiness
to the newlyweds! Sue Hight Rountree
has just finished her 2nd book. Entertaining
ideas from Wiiiiamsburg: her 1st book,
Christmas Decorations from Wiiiiamsburg.
is in its 4th printing! Son Jeff is the Regional
Director of the American Cancer Society for
the Williamsburg area. Chris is at James
IVladison Univ. and is on the Ski Patrol at
IVIassanutten Ski area. Dede Ulf IVIayer also
has a son at JfVIU, Tom, working on his
masters in Psychology. Son Hank works tor
DYNCORP in Reston. Dede is involved in
lots of projects, but says she can't wait to
come back to SBC for our 35th! Also defi-
nitely planning to come "back to the patch"
is Polly Space Dunn She's spending
more and more time at her home in Cash-
iers, NO and sees a lot of Nina Hopkins
Raine. Polly and Nina gave a party in July,
and Sally Beattie Sinkler & Brock and
Lizora Miller Yonce & Sam were there -
a mini reunion, for sure! Polly is still play-
ing a lot of golf and tennis, and hopes to ski
with Betsy Colwlll Wiegers in Vail.
Speaking of Betsy, she & George sold their
wonderful house in Vail. George is thriving
as a "mountain man" and son Alex is writ-
ing for a newspaper in Denver. Tunis has
taken up poster painting - mainly land-
scapes! And speaking of CO, Di Doscher
Spurdle's darling step-son was married
there in July. Craig is a member of the US
Ski Team and an Olympic hopeful in IVIogul
Skiing. Di & Don stayed on in CO for a va-
cation with friends & family. She & I had a
vacation of a different sort on the sunny isle
of St, IVIartin in Feb. We stayed at a very
French resort, where beach nudity was the
norm. Being very sophisticated types, we
managed to stay in a constant state of giggles
over the various body types which ambled
by us daily (no, we did not indulge!). Jane
Moore Banks send a charming poem on
growing older, too long to repeat here, but
her closing line was. "The 50/60 decade has
beer a rich one for this old girl. Hope it has
been for all of you." Thanks. Jane.
Thank heavens Ali Wood Thompson
is coming to the reunion, so she can tell us
all her doings, also too long to include -
Briefly - she has been rafting on the Salmon
River, has been to Hong Kong to play in
the Golden Oldie's International Field
Hockey Tournament, and to Boston for her
daughter's wedding, returning to IVIaui& her
hula and ukelele lessons. WHEW! Also in
Hong Kong for 6 mos. has been Ginny
Marchant Noyes, where Tom is on spe-
cial assignment, and Ginny will again be a
resident editor at B-lnternational IVIagazine,
Alice Cary Farmer Brown attended the
National Horticultural meeting of the Garden
Club of America last IVlay in Chicago. Ginny
was one of the co-vice chairmen and did a
"sensational hands-on job " Iza Mary
Lowe Zieglerwas also there representing
her club in CA. Alice Cary loved seeing them
both, Lee's & Alice Gary's 4th grandchild was
born to Stuad & his wife in June, Stuart is
at Vanderbilt Business School, Cary is
married to a veterinarian and lives in
Charlottesville.
Other world travellers are Harriet
Henderson Stubblefield and Austin who
celebrated their 32nd anniv. in East Africa at
IVIaasi IVIara, Harriet is on the Citizens Judi-
ciary Panel for Foster Care review. She feels
this is very necessary and rewarding work,
Anne Wimblsh Kasanin and f^ark spent
their summer diving off Palan, trekking
through Amazonia and sailing through the
Galapagos (we've got to get Anne & Ali to-
gether!). It was wonderful to hear from
Susan Glass, who is a glass-blower! In
1992 her work appeared in the Corning
IVIuseum's "New Glass Review" and the In-
ternational Exhibit of Glass in Kanazawa,
Japan, Last year she completed her studio
in Kirkland, WA on 2/27 and on the 28th
became a grandmother. Bring some of your
work to the reunion, Susan (or at least pic-
tures!). Sorry this did not get in last yr's news
- 1 managed to hide the card - and just found
it! Judy Franklin Campbell and Bill still
have their Bed & Breakfast near Longwood
Gardens in the Brandywine Valley - they'd
love to have SB guests. Pat Davis Sutler
retired afler 20 yrs. of directing early child-
hood programs, and is now an advisor on
early childhood curricula. She volunteers
with a domestic violence program. She is
studying Spanish while Marshall still plugs
away at patent law. Cindy is a catering man-
ager in Chicago, and Irene is at Boston Univ.
tor an MBA. Liz Meyerink Lord's daugh-
ter Katty is living in OR with her family and
attending nursing school. Son Chris gradu-
ated from Harvard Business School and
works for Scudder, Stevens & Clark in San
Francisco Meri Haggerty Rumrill had a
good visit with Nellie Morison Jacobs in
VT - She says Nellie is as wonderful as
ever! Meri won an award for one of the gar-
dens she designed. Betsy Salisbury
Creekmore and family were thrilled to see
Iza Mary is just the same, "lovely and charm-
ing." Ann Eagles Carroll's son Bill is in
his final yr. of law school at Wake Forest.
Last yr, he received the National American
Jurisprudence Award and worked for a judge
of the Circuit Court in Louisville. Both of the
Carroll's fathers died in Nov. Our condo-
lences, Ann has given several talks to genea-
logical societies this year, and she & Bill still
enioy singing in their church choir. Judy
Sorley Chalmers writes that Douglas is at
Duke law school, Cameron works tor Emory
Medical, and Christopher graduated from
Tufts Elsie Prichard Carter and Bill's
daughter, Alice, was married in beautiful
Lewisburg, WV to Bruce Larson. Penny
Fisher Ducklee is "living happily ever af-
ter." She has a new grandson. Son Clint is
moving to CA to pursue acting and writing.
Husband John has built her a studio in Al-
pine, AZ. So she can make pots during the
6 mos. they live in the mountains. John's
book Good Years tor the Buzzards has been
accepted by the Univ. of AZ for publication.
Courtney Gibson Pelley retired after
many years as an elem. school principal in
Arlington, VA. She and Herb haven't stopped
going since - she's loving her new-found
freedom. Courtney's darling mother died last
yr. after a long illness - she was her bright
and gracious self to the very end, Susan
Taylor Montague is still selling real es-
tate in Alexandria. VA, Daughter Ashley is
starting a PhD at the Univ, of PA, Judy
Watts Buchanan has been editing a book
for her boss on Principles of Nuclear Medi-
cine. Julie is a lawyer in DC with Wilmer,
Cutler & Pickering, Bill at Brown Bros.,
Harriman in NY. and Jack a "mountain man"
at Jackson, WY. Judy lost her Dad this year.
My most sincere apologies to Trudi Jack-
son Smithers. A note from her in 1990
announcing her ordination as a Deacon in
the Episcopal Church managed to get bur-
ied in my efficient filing system. I have )usf
learned that she is now a full-fledged
Episcopal Priest, although I do not know her
diocese. She lives in Dallas. What wonder-
ful news! From Highlands, NO Ginny
Robinson Harris writes that daughter
Whitney Bolt '88 has a new veterinarian prac-
tice in Chapel Hill, and that son Carter
Schlumberger. an engineer, has moved back
to LA from TX. Both Ginny's and Jerry's
mothers have been ailing. In Jacksonville,
Cookie Payne Hudgins is managing an
antique & gift shop and loves it. Her daugh-
ter Sally is in Vero Beach and has a wonder-
ful wild 3 yr, old. Son Bobby is also married
and living in Jacksonville - Cookie misses
us and hopes to be back in May
Received a fascinating long letter from
Gay Hart Gaines who is now the chairman
of the National Review Institute, which was
founded by William F. Buckley. She had an
intriguing year, the highlight of which was a
long weekend spent with Lady Thatcher dis-
cussing world affairs and urgent issues. The
NRI promotes the ideals ol individual free-
dom, the Judeo-Christian ethic and less big
government intervention. She and Stanley
have bought a charming townhouse in the
Kalorama Section of Washington, where Gay
will spend a lot of time, but their main resi-
dence will still be in Palm Beach. Gay is also
chairman of GOPAC (founded by Gov.
Peter du Pont). This organization works for
the election of conservative Republicans.
Gay and Stanley have 3 divine grandchil-
dren, courtesy of Stanley, Jr.. the only one
of their children who is married. As if Gay
wasn't busy enough with her political efforts,
she is also Pres. of the Juvenile Diabetes
Foundation in Palm Beach. Last year. Lady
Thatcher was their "Woman of the Year" and
they honored her with a gala dinner and
dance. Gay hopes to be with us on our 35th
and says Stanley is still her "great love"
after 34 yrs.
My sister, Louise Durham Purvis '62.
has just had a beautiful wedding at St.
Andrews, Scotland tor daughter Elizabeth.
This makes 3 weddings (Robert in Manches-
ter, England, Emily in Oxford) in 6 mos. for
Louise and John! They have managed to stay
sane, gracious and (I hope) solvent through-
out. Louise was a corresponding editor to a
marvelous book published in Scotland, And
You Visited Me telling of her work and that
of many others, in the prison fellowship
movement in which she has been so active.
I attended 2 of the weddings, and took my
son, Richard, with me to the last one. He
continues his work with the Fairfax Co.
school system and is thinking of grad.
school. Kenneth is the asst. basketball coach
at Roanoke College in Salem, VA, He is
thrilled to be back in VA and I am thrilled to
have him closer to home, I stay busy with
volunteer activities, the latest being on the
board of managers of our hospital. This is
extremely challenging and time consuming,
but most rewarding.
Before I sign off, I must tell you how
impressed I am with Ann Young Bloom's
and Betsy Smith White's tireless efforts
on behalf of SBC and our class, and of
course. Alice Cary. who is doing remarkable
fund raising for the Campaign for Sweet
Briar. These gals are truly dedicated, and I
hope we will all support them in their efforts,
and thank them tor all they've done. And
please, please come back for the reunion -
you'll be glad you did!
1963
President: Betty Stanly Cates
Secretary: Katharine Blackford Collins
Fund Agent: Nancy Oixon Brown
After an agressive campaign and trium-
phant victory, I have won another term as
your class secretary! We had a fine turn-out
at our 30th reunion last May, with 26 alum-
nae and 5 husbands. We had a great time,
though we missed those of you who were not
there. We presented a gift of nearly $46,000
to the alumnae fund, with 53 percent partici-
pation. Many thanks to the 23 classmates
who worked so hard on the reunion gifts
committee - and to all of you who contributed.
Among those missing reunion for
graduations wereJulia Fort Lowe, whose
son Bob graduated from Stanford with an
ME, and is applying for med, school. Son
Seth will be a sr. at Vanderbilt. Pat Calkins
Wilder saw their last child, Kelly, graduate
cum laude from Kenyon College, while pick-
ing up her second NCAA national track
championship, and becoming Kenyon's first
3sport all-American. Pat enjoys photography
and a new quartertiorse. Three family wed-
dings kept Prue Stuhr Gay away from re-
union. Teaching 6th grade social studies in
Lexington, MA is still "challenging and re-
warding," says Prue. Betsy Flanders
Spencer and Marta Sweet Colangelo
went to see Susan Terjen Bernard right
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after reunion, Betsy and Susan got togettier
again in Charleston in Oct. Jean Meyer
Aloe's daugtier Jenni is a frestiman at
Norttiwestern, and Betsy a |r. in ti.s. in
Greenwicti. Jean remains involved witti ttie
Audubon See, tiorsebacl< riding and AAUW,
Ctianging jobs and addresses, but remain-
ing m the NY area is Penny Pamplin
Reeves, now heading up development at
the Nightingale-Bamlord School, a K-12 day
school in Manhattan. Her son Ned has
moved to Crested Butte, CO, which may fi-
nally prompt Penny to come see me. Also
striking out in a new direction is Betty
Stanley Gates, working lor the FL guber-
natorial campaign of her cousin Ander
Crenshaw, currently the GOP state Senate
president. Betty, naturally, is a travel coor-
dinator. Stuck in a 'rut" and enjoying it thor-
oughly is Lea Osborne Angell, dividing
time between NJ and Rl. Lea works part-time
for Nabisco looking after their corporate art
and museum. Sarah, 13, is still at home,
while Jessica is a soph, at IWiddlebury, Jake
a sr. at Hamilton, and Jennifer out of
college and working in NYC. Ann Clute
Obenshain is a computer lab specialist in
elem. school just outside Louisville. Daugh-
ter Liza, 20, is majoring in marine enviro.
affairs, while Meq, 1 7, is checking out cam-
puses in NY and OH. Ann stays in touch with
Judy Kay Alspaugh Harrison and Janet
HIestand Keller. A bonus for me in attend-
ing reunion was the drive from DC to the
campus and back with my JYF buddies
Cynthia Livingstone Gibert and Valerie
Elbrick Hanlon. Cynthia, an IVID mainly
treating AIDS patients, just got back from a
world AIDS conference in Berlin, where she
presented a paper on the treatment of hepa-
titis in AIDS patients. Valerie was nearing the
end of a remodeling project at her Bethesda
home, and helping son Burke recuperate
from a terrible auto accident,
Sarah Hitch Hill continues to work on
her book about Cherokee women, accepted
lor publication at UNO Press. She loves hav-
ing a daughter-in-law, son Harvey's wile
Carrie. Ann Strite-Kurz is enjoying the
kudos from her book on the "unconven-
tional" world of blackwork embroidery pat-
terns. We all enjoyed seeing Ann and
meeting her husband Bill on his first trip to
SBC at reunion. In school for the torseeable
future is Rinda King de Beck, who com-
pleted her masters in history and is apply-
ing to doctoral programs. Daughter Karia
graduated from med sch. at Chapel Hill, and
is doing psychiatry residency there. Daugh-
ter Laurin got married and son Christian has
linished pre-med. Keitt Mathieson. who
attended reunion with husband Frank, joined
Margaret Millender Holmes and Tom
right afterwards at Williamsburg. Anne
Leavell Reynolds' daughter Nancy is pur-
suing a Ph.D. at Stanford and son George
works in San Francisco for an "offshoot" ot
Macworld. Her youngest son entered col-
lege. Also emptying out the nest is Cheri
Fitzgerald Burchard, who is enjoying "old
Iriends and new challenges."
Still busy with youngsters in grades 3
and 9, and a teaching schedule, is our loyal
lund raiser Nancy Dixon Brown Nancy
had a post-reunion reunion with Olive Wil-
son Robinson, Sue Cansler Jones, Judy
Johnson Varn and Ginger Gates Mitchell.
Olive's "English country estate" near Atlanta
was featured in a recent newspaper article,
showing Olive with the thousands of
plants and trees she nurtures. Mary
Shullenburger Rosebrough and hus-
band John have retired near Wilmington to
a home they built overlooking the Intra-
Coastal Waterway. Mary's learning to play
the harp, and they return to Indianapolis to
visit 2 daughters, a son and one grandson.
Laura Lee Brown photographed the Arc-
tic and its polar bears last summer, follow-
ing a trip to Egypt with her son in the spring.
She was off to San Miguel de Allende last
Nov. to paint. Another world-class traveler
is Lynn Carol Blau who is now a "travel
and life style consultant." Daughter Betsy is
at Cornell in the grad. hotel school, while
daughter Alex is also back in art school in
NYC. Lynn was looking forward to a visit
with her former roommate Polly Wirtzman
Craighlll, a DC attorney.
More church-related travel tor Ann
Knickerbocker McCulloch and husband
Bill, this time to South Africa where they were
encouraged by the "multi-racial youth work-
ing and playing together." Bill has become
an adjunct professor at S. Tex. Coll. of Law,
and Ann is pursuing a Master's in Biblical
Studies Jane Yardley Amos wrote from
WV, where she has bagged school admin-
istration in favor of working in husband
John's nursery business. She enjoys memo-
ries ol reunion by looking at the photo of "all
those young souls in aging bodies." Allie
Stemmons Simon finally admits to a mid-
life crisis, but says it's "external." She's
closed her travel business and is merging
with another agency, where she will consult
on travel planning. She and Heinz are
breaking ground on a new house, and she's
serving her final year on the SBC board.
Cecil Collins Scanlon and Judy Van
Vlaanderen MacGregor reunited in
Phila. after 25 years. Cecil's daughter Mar-
guerite is a freshman at TCU and son Wil-
liam a jr. at SMU.
Lyn Clark Pegg and her husband now
overlook the harbor in their new Duluth
home, having faced "incredible challenges
and stress" during a difficult year for non-
profits and mental health care. Nancy
McDowell's private clinical social work
practice is thriving, as is her 'not-so-new
relationship." Son Andy is at JFK School ot
Public Policy at Harvard, while artist-
musician son Ted lives in Santa Cruz.
Married daughter Nancy is at Newport.
Hazel Walling Nourse enjoys her small
town general law practice in NY state. All 3
children graduated last June - William from
Harvard, Karen from SF State, and Tim from
U of Chicago - and all are gainfully em-
ployed Sallie Yon Williams missed re-
union because of poor health, which she
says is now improving. Her sons are both
still at UVA, one a soph, and one in the MBA
program. Julia Arnold Morey's husband
Russ has retired from the travel business and
started a limo service. Julia continues as
reservations manager for TAP, the Portu-
guese airline, and the two of them ply the
road to the Poconos on weekends. Karen
Gill Meyer is still with Smith Barney
Shearson. Daughter Kristin is at Northern
Ariz. U. in social work.
No changes here. Summer never came
last year so getting ready for winter wasn't
hard. The boys are both at Colo. Coll., Doug
a soph. bio. ma|or, Dave a sr. anthro. major
looking for a career in kayaking. John and I
had a nice 2-wk. hiking trip in southwest
France right before reunion.
1967
President: Kathy Kelety
Secretary: Judith Bensen Stigle
Fund Agent: Sally Twedell Bagley
Thank you all for filling my mailbox. So
nice to hear from you and to receive news
from 3 lost classmates who found their way
back to the alumnae magazine. It must be
that time of our lives when our children are
graduating from h.s. or college, getting mar-
ried and we are celebrating our 25th anni-
versaries We send our sincere sympathy to
Lisa Braden Foster on the loss of her
husband Vince. We hope she is doing well.
A happy note from Kim Waters about
her upcoming marriage to Van Keriakos
whom she met teaching Sunday School.
They will be a "family" with his 3 children
and 3 grandchildren. Charlotte Moore
Williams will attend the wedding with her
husband Bob. Their daughter KarIa is a
freshman at Princeton and Eric, a freshman
in h.s. Speaking of Princeton, Dottle Dana
King and Bill, who just celebrated their 25th
and live in Jacksonville, FL, have 2 children
there, Davis a sr. and Lewis a freshman,
while their daughter attends the Bolles
School.
Judy Hay Speary and Bill live on top
of a mountain outside Bedford, PA and work
on government contracts for the FAA and
NIH and when not making weekly trips to
DC, sail in the Caribbean. Mellie Hickey
Nelson continues to see SBC old friends
Pat Neithold Hertzberg and Lynn
Frazier Gas. Pat opened her own invest-
ment advisory firm. "Becoming self-suffi-
cient on the computer makes selecting
stocks seem easy." Their son graduated from
Duke and works for Nantucket Nectars.
Francois, Arielle and Lynn Gas live in
Alexandria. Lynn put on a cocktail party for
180 local alums as part of the SB capital
campaign at the National Press Club. When
not playing tennis with Lynn. Marion
MacRae, who bought a new house, works
on a 12-hr. training program to tutor read-
ing and hopes to bring it to the Alexandria
public school system.
Melissa Thomas Sanders and
Boyce visited their daughter. Jenna, who is
in Aix-en-Provence for Vanderbilt's Jr. year.
She can't wait to use her SBC degree. Boyce
built a new clinic and Melissa fondly calls it
"The Shrine of Perpetual Payments" Diane
Mann Lankford, Melissa, Kay Trogdon
Hightower, and Susan Tucker still try
semi-annual lunches together to catch up.
Diane's son graduated from UVA, was
drafted by the NY Yankees and spent the
summer in NY State in the college rookie
league of the minors. Her daughter plays
tennis for the U. of Richmond, and loves it
and her "northern" friends. Susan Tucker
travelled to France extensively this yr. As a
National Board member of Friends of Vieilles
Maisons Francaises. she attended their 10th
anniv. gala and had a magical cocktail hour
in the Flail ol Mirrors at Versailles.
Sally Twedell Bagley and Philip
send greetings from Richmond. They took a
trip to Scotland and England and Sally
juggles 29 piano students when not doing
civic duties. Philip was elected a fellow ol the
American Bar Foundation and is Vice-
President of the American College of Real
Estate Lawyers. Betsy Kurtz Argo still en-
joys fox hunting and is president of the
board of Rocky Fork Headley Hunt. Maria
Wigglesworth Hemmings made the big
jump from working with computers to study-
ing - chemistry no less, and loves it. Mary
Cary Ambler, after 4 yrs. of litigation, is
back to Ambler and loves it. She has a new
job as the Reading and Learning Specialist
in the middle and upper schools ol the
Hewlett School in Manhattan. Besides
having 2 masters, Mary Cary is Region 1
Chair tor the Alumnae Assn. Board. No flies
on her! Marguerite (Peggy) Minis
Trethewey is very involved with San Fran-
cisco charities and she and Peter love fish-
ing and skiing. They return to Australia
whenever possible to see Peter's family.
Nancy McLean Parker lives in Great
Falls, VA and has one child out of UNC, one
in UNC and her youngest at St. Agnes where
Baird Shinberger Bell teaches Nancy is
trying to network in VA but finds it difficult
without young children at home. Our Virgin-
ian, Hallie Darby Smith had a wonderful
trip to Provence and Tuscany, Burgundy and
Paris. Daughter is a sr. at Middlebury, plan-
ning lor law school while their son is in h.s.
Paula Ayotte Corwin and Hobe are in
Atlanta where Hobe is CFO with a telecom-
munications company and Paula writes
computer software. Their 2 children play a
variety ot musical instruments so Paula ad-
mits they have a very noisy household.
Patty Stetson Agnew writes from Big
Timber, MT, where they ranch sheep and
horses. Patty has her own design company
where they sell the "real thing" - deerskin
riding skirts and jackets worn on ranches
and wild west shows. She has 2 sons ages
15 and 18. Also having her own women's
specialty shop is Janie Willingham
McNabb Janie's daughter is expecting as
well as her stepson's wife. Is it time for
grandchildren??? Carol MacMillan
Stanley and C.R. also have a ranch in
Martin County, FL, where her oldest son is
becoming a high-tech rancher. Carol says
she is still crazy in love with her husband
after 27 years. With her own zoo instead of
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ranch, is Jill Berguido Gill, with 2 chick-
ens, a duck and a dog After picking up her
son at camp, they hiked and sailed in ME.
Glory McRae Bowen. her daughter
who is at Pit2er, one ol the Clarennont Col-
leges in CA. and her husband travelled to
Greece and Paris over the summer, then
Glory took her son to Etiquette Camp at the
Breakers in Palm Beach and went to HI, Did
she ever unpack' Also in Paris was Randy
Brown Sebren, visiting her daughter Lee
who was on SBC's Jr. Year in Paris. Randy
continues to teach geometry and precalcu-
lus. The Barbers (Gretchen Bullard)
moved to Wilson. NC from VT - a real at-
mosphere shock. Kids are all in school and
David has planted his garden ol collards,
cabbage, turnips and mustard greens. In the
midst ot remodeling an older home they were
off to Merton College at Oxford's reunion
Paris must be the place this year, GInny
Stanley Douglas and husband Bill visited
their daughter at the Univ. of Paris. They are
co-chairs of the UVA parents program and
are very involved for Parents Weekend. Their
Beck is President ol the UVA ski team and
now talking law school. Ginny is Asst. Di-
rector of the CA Dept. ol General Services
bringing about 30 maior state construction
proiects on line in the next 18 mos. Sand!
Hoag Ippollto. lives in Clarksville. MD.
They celebrated their 25th with a Hawaiian
cruise. Their eldest daughter has a new baby
boy, their 21 yr. old son rode his motorcycle
from Baltimore to Albuquerque, NIVI and
back. She and Lou also have a a 16 yr. old
and a 10 yr. old
Ton! Naren Gates and family spent a
mo. in Europe - their last summer together
lor a while. They renewed their art history in
Italy, cruised the Baltic and visited St.
Petersburg. Daughter Lindsey attends a con-
servatory at NYU Tisch School in Drama
while son Ryan entered h.s, and is trying to
convince his parents it's time to drive (14 in
KS), She had a nice visit with Betsy Kurtz
Argo in the Adirondacks, "Great to be con-
nected to your pasti" Kate Barrett Rennie
lives in Scotch Plains, NJ, She and her family
went to England over the summer. Their
daughter is a jr. at Rutgers. Our real honest
to goodness traveler, Vicky Balcer is at it
again. Vicky, an anthropologist, spent a mo.
in Ethiopia doing comparative research on
urban and rural schools. Then on to China
where she visited preschools in 6 major cit-
ies doing research on the impact of single-
child families on preschool education. Then
on to Honolulu to a conference to present her
lindings. She ended her summer in Mexico
doing a project.
I don't know about you all but I'm tired
from all this travelling. At home, Beth
Gawthrop Riely birthed a new book called
A feas/o/Ffurfs(Macmillan) with 350 reci-
pes and color photos. As she explains, sing-
ing and eating are both part ol her oral
lixalion Mary Bell Timberlake is now a
mother-in-law with her son marrying this
summer. Her daughter graduated from
Tulane and lives in Jackson, WY, so all is
quiet with her and Wayt, Carroll Randolph
Barr is still Lower School Director at the
Hugenot Academy and works with 2 other
SBC graduates Son Mike, Jr will soon be
filling out college apps and Angus loves
rollerblading and bass guitar She had a re-
cent lunch with Beth Glaser Morchower
who will finish her MBA this yr. She is a fi-
nancial analyst at Signet Bank and loves it,
Dolly Caliallero Garcia s daughter
Dolly is getting married in early '94 and there
will be many SBC friends there. Son Julio.
Jr. works at a bank while their other son will
graduate from Michigan State. Dolly is still
involved in tennis and opera and helping
keep everyone else organized. Ellie Spivey
Decker lives in DE and still rides a lot. Her
2 oldest are at GA Tech and U. ol SC while
her youngest are still at home. Gayle
Dearborn Vance and husband Ed, in
Nashville, started their own business 3 yrs.
ago and are so busy that it is a guaranteed
way to prevent the "empty nest syndrome."
She has a daughter a sr at UVA and a step-
son a sr at Auburn Judy Schlatter Fogle
now appreciates those carefree days at SBC
courtesy ol Mom and Dad, now that she and
Don are the college bill payers. Their oldest
son is at Stanford and their 2nd son a
freshman at Vanderbilt. Susan Soriero
Galbreath still lives in San Antonio and
their son is getting married 12/93. Their
daughter is at Texas A&M and a son is in
8th grade.
It was tun catching up with Carroll
Long alter so many yrs. Carroll is in Nepal
as the resident Representative lor the United
Nations Development Program. She sends
us all greetings from the Himalayas. Carroll
has lived in Italy, Sierra Leone, in Asia in
Laos, in Haiti and now in Kathmandu.
Eleanor Kidd Crossley thinks their plan-
ning worked well. The youngest graduated
from college the same week Jim signed up
lor social security and medicare. They trav-
elled through the Canadian Rockies by train.
Barbie Tillman Kelley, after 1 6 yrs , still
does Artmobile and directs the Summer Arts
Camp at the Birmingham Museum ol Art.
Her son is at GA Tech and daughter Darcy
has applied at SBC Stephanie Ewalt
Ayers sounds very busy managing her 3
sons - her oldest at Radlord. her 18 yr. old
beginning the great college search and the
youngest in 6th grade.
Gail Robins Constantino and John
are finally seeing the light at the end of the
tunnel with their daughter graduating from
Duke and son from h.s. Gail still works in
mortgage loan software. Mellow news from
Linda Fite Trimpe, still a newspaper col-
umnist doing 2 columns a wk. Husband
Herb baptized a baby recently and Linda says
he is the only deacon-comic book arlist she
knows. Son Alex is at the U. ot Rochester,
daughter Amelia is "|ust looking" at SBC and
daughter Sarah went back to SBC lor the
8th summer for the Suzuki Institute (she
plays the violin). Speaking ol SBC, Kat
Bernhardt Chase has a 16 yr. old who is
a driver and into lorensics and drama and a
8 yr. old dancer and piano player. Kat coor-
dinates the middle school teaching at Holy
Cross Lynn Gullett Strazzini still spends
the week in Alexandria and commutes home
to husband Ed on weekends to Charlottes-
ville. Lynn is still with the FAA but dreams
ot owning and running a bed & breaklast.
M. Lindsay Smith Newsoms daughter
Kate became a "reluctant debutante" in
Raleigh this tall along with Page Munroe
Renger's Pat. Lindsay celebrated her birth-
day and their 26th in Jamaica. Page sent a
wonderful letter with all their doings. Seems
that she and John are experts at the Texas
2-Step and the "Tush Push." She seems to
be adjusting to her empty nest well with "less
wash, less mess and less contusion." Her
son is a sr. at Chapel Hill and daughter a
soph. Page still works as the Adm. Asst. at
Jr. League HO in Charlotte. She visited with
Sally Haskell Hulcher in Richmond and
all is well with the Hulchers. Sally says Matt
had probably more tun than she did at
Reunion and thinks we are all getting better
with age. Love that man!!
Received a brochure Irom Stella-Mae
Renchard Seamans, living m Beverly.
MA, and she was running lor the local school
committee. A beautilul family picture accom-
panied It. A card arrived unsigned from
Medford, OR and I have to assume it was
from Anne King Leyden She writes of a
dream of a wind blown-away term paper and
a missed exam from SBC days. What a
nightmare! She is beginning a yr. ol dance
classes for over 180 children ages 3 to 13.
Had a nice visit with Bonnie Blew Pierie
and Tim. Daughter Elizabeth graduated from
Chapel Hill and is doing research and son
Tom begins life at Miami of Ohio. Bonnie
visited me for a return challenge of golf.
Your Secretary is well and still "work-
ing" the single lite. I am so involved with
local politics and community affairs that I
don't have time for any ol my own. Just be-
came President ol the VNA ol Madison lor 2
yrs. and that is a job in itsell. Thank you for
all your notes and kind letters. It was also fun
to get so many golf comments, we'll keep at
it until we find the secret. See you at the 30th
in 1997. If anyone wants pictures back from
our 25th reunion scrapbook, please let me
know and I will return them ASAP.
1975
President: Maria Vonetes
Secretary: Katharine Osborne Spirtes
Fund Agent: Bet Bashinsky Wise
Thanks lor all the notes. Cary Ander-
son Trainer teaches skiing on weekends.
The rest of the wk. she runs her Decorating
Den business and keeps up with Clifl, 10 and
Cary, 8 who are into ski racing. Tom forges
ahead in the computer industry. Gail
Anderson has a yr's leave Irom work in CA
to be a working student with a top dressage
rider in Manheim, PA. Bet Bashinsky
Vtfise celebrated her b'day in San Francisco
and Carmel. She and son Case saw Gail Ann
Zanwell Winkler and her family 6/93. She is
redoing her Nashville house. Bet viewed the
tall colors by bicycle in VT. Betsy Burdge
Murphy and her lamily moved to Ocean
City, NJ. She is a Day Care Teacher. Tim is
an attorney lor the NJ Parole Board. She is
in touch with many SB Iriends. Susan
Buschmann Curry is seriously learning
bluegrass fiddle. She is on the Parent's
Council at Latin School and plays piano
lor the Nursery School Chapel at St.
Chrysostom's Church in Chicago. Tim is in
1st grade, Betsy in 4th. Carol Clement
Pawia took their boys to Maui Easter '93.
She went to Aspen and Martha's Vineyard
and saw Candi Casey '76 in NYC. She trav-
els more than she wants as Regional Vice
President of Adia Personnel Services. Anne
Cogswell Burris's B & B is up and run-
ning and she is meeting people from all over.
She is president of the Charleston Jr. League
and sees SBC alums at conferences. Her
boys are active in sports and her youngest
"the princess" started 1st grade. Catherine
Cranston Whitman enjoys Fund Raising
and Development for an historic house in
Richmond. Whit, Ann 13, and Craig 1 1 skied
Park City and spent a splendid week in ME.
She saw Libby Whitley and Randy Anderson
Trainor Beverley Crispin Heffernan
works part-time at the DOE and volunteers
for school, church. Boy Scouts and soccer.
Her husband Jim and son Jimmy, 12, set a
flying world speed record last Oct.. between
Manassas, VAand Charleston, SC, in their
Cessna 172. She sees many SB friends.
Coni Crocker Betzendahl, Richard, Lind-
say, 11. and Ashley, 8, love living in Clinton
NJ. She freelances as a commercial artist
between kids and sports and decorating their
new house. They spent 10 days in HI. Nan
Cunningham Watson and her husband
are building a new home because they and
their 3 kids Hallie, 7, Beau. 3, and Will 2,
outgrew their honeymoon cottage. While vis-
iting Carol Leslie St. John this year, a mini
reunion occurred. Bonnie Damianos
Rampone's 40th birthday was a Roman
Toga Party at the Three Village Inn. one ol
the most traditional places on Long Island.
It was a surprise planned by husband Chuck,
and kept secret by sons Chuckle and Chris.
Louisa Dixon works with the Virginia Film
Festival in Charlottesville. She is working on
a sister city exchange between Charlottes-
ville and Besancon, France. She saw Sarah
Dowdey who edits the Goochland Gazette, a
weekly paper outside Richmond. Mary
Dubuque Desloge celebrated her 40th
with a romantic dinner and next day hopped
on a plane lor Cancun with a bunch ol crazy
Iriends. Her boys are in 5th, 2nd and 1st
grades. Mary works in the Human Resource
Dept. at Lord & Taylor and her husband has
an office leasing co. Jeanette Egli Drake
underwent GIFT/IVF to get pregnant and on
7/21/93 gave birth to Andrew Patrick Drake,
Jr. "The experience has been the most physi-
cally demanding and challenging job I've
ever had " Linda Frazier-Snelling said
she didn't need a reminder that she was 40,
she has a daughter, 16, who reminds her
every day. Michael retired after 27 years in
the Dept. of Defense. Daughter Catherine is
a jr. in h.s. and driving, son Chris is 13,
honor roll student and state championship
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soccer player, Linda finished her MS, in
Education Cathleen Gilmore Dietz prac-
tices Internal Medicine in a clinic in Port
Richey. FL, but cut back hours after the birth
of daughter Maggie, 1 , Sons Robert, 1 4, and
Joe 1 1 , are good big brothers. Her husband
John was promoted to full-professor at USF
Sch. of Med, With daughter Devon in kin-
dergarten and son Ian in Montessori pre-
school, Debbie Goitein Hodge has
shown horses again. She rides in the Adult
Equitation Div, on leased horses. She rode
about 36 different horses this yr, and her goal
IS to be #1 in her division of NJ, Melissa
Greenwood Reimer nnoved to a new
house 1 2 blocks from her old one. She trans-
ports Emily 13 and Katherine 10, Husband
Jeff travels a lot with his job and they try to
go with him. She is "up to her wrinkled fore-
head in volunteer activities." Cathie Grier
Kelly and Bill adopted a baby boy -
Thomas Evans Kelly, He was born 6/18 and
they got him 13 days later. They are having
a great time, but boy have their lives
changed, Cathie is working part-time, Ann
Henderson Stamets and family are hap-
pily settled in Louisville, KY but make fre-
quent trips back to CA, Son Jon started in a
private school and at a parents' brunch, Ann
saw Libby Stough Rush and Barbie Tafel
Thomas, whose daughter Lee is in Jon's
class Chris Hoefer Myers and family
spent Christmas '92 in Italy where they had
an audience with Pope John Paul II, Their
daughter Aidan presented the Pope a copy
of her father Jim's most recent book. En-
emies Without Guns: Ttie Catholic Church
in China. Chris and her mother went to Paris
in 2/93 for her "last chance before the baby
arrives." Daughter Christian was born 5/5
Neil Hunter Edwards announces the suc-
cessful home birth of her son Ryan 1/93, His
brother Christian, 3 1/2 helped welcome
him, Neil is involved with the local Parenting
Center, teaches Yoga, still wheels and deals
antiques and is a distributor for Super Blue
Green nutritional products, Christine
Kjellstrom Douglas's twins, Christina and
Edie, 3, started nursery school. Husband
Sandy bought a small law printing company.
Christine substitute teaches at the Refugee
center and paints faux finishes. Edie Jones
married William Stephen Floyd 9/4 and hon-
eymooned in Provence and Cote d'Azur. She
IS working on her doctorate in psychology
and looking for a new house. Claire Mar-
tin Avegno moved to a new house twice the
size of the old one and loves the space. Mar-
tin, lOand Caroline, 8, are happy in their new
schools. Claire teaches part-time as a Read-
ing Spec, in 1st grade. Husband Tim, vol-
unteers with their soccer league. Margaret
McFaddin graduated from U, of SC Law
School and is Executive Director for Trinity
Housing Corp,, a nonprofit organization
which provides transitional housing for
homeless families in Columbia, SC, She and
Kathleen Ryan went to Ireland last Aug, for
2 wks Diana Martin Gordon went back
to study piano with her grad. school profes-
sor, made tremendous progress with her 3
horses and began a career in financial man-
agement. Her 5 year old son Miles is a happy
guy Shari Mendelson Gallery's twins,
Tory and Emily started kindergarten. She
continues with her consulting company.
Gallery Communications and Marketing and
is tackling the European Mobile Communi-
cations Directory. She was back at SBC for
Loren Oliver's exhibit opening. Denise
Montgomery attended Clinton's inaugura-
tion, interviewed for an SBC library job and
went to Puerto Rico to work on oral history.
She has an article coming out in The Geor-
gia Historical Quarterly abou'i a farm family
in GA during the depression. Rosalind
Moorman Reidy is facilities manager for
a maior corp in Denver. She does aerobics,
bicycling, and hiking. Rosemary, 9, per-
formed in the Nutcracker with the Civic Bal-
let. Joseph 8, super soccer player Rosalind
continues to enjoy being single, and travel-
ing around the world. Nolle Newton
Placek married David Placek on 12/12/92
and moved to Mill, CA from Minneapolis.
David owns a "naming" company which has
named such products and companies as the
Apple Powerbook, Optima Card and Em-
bassy Suites Nelly Qsinga Branson and
Lindsay enjoy their 2 daughters, Susan, 3
and Mllly, 1 . They visited I^elly's sister, leke
Osinga Skully, '78 in London 5/93 Nelly
quilts In her spare time. Lizanne Potts
Fisher is busy with her design firm, her 3
boys, Bryan 12, Kevin 10, Harry 6, and the
School Board. Their family spent 2 wks. fish-
ing in Canada. She attended the mini-re-
union mentioned under Nan Cunningham
Watson Linda Poole Maggard puts a lot
of time into school, cub scouts, piano les-
sons and sports with Buck 8 and Ben 6. She
and Ron are busy with their newly "adopted"
22 yr. old daughter, a student at UCSB.
Linda's golf team made the play-offs, Celia
Robertson Queen has married again af-
ter having been a widow and now is the
proud stepmother of 4 daughters, Kathleen
Ryan wrote of her trip to Ireland with Mar-
garet McFaddin, They stayed at B & B's, and
spent a day in N, Ireland where security was
tight Polly Shriver Kochan remains with
Jackson Memorial Hospital/U, Miami Med.
Center as a pediatric radiologist. Her family
visited Yellowstone Park and Jackson Hole.
Michael 10, enjoys his International School
and Andrew, 5, started kindergarten. Ann
South Malick didn't even notice her b'day
this year busy as she is chasing after Kacer
18 mos. and Mary Frances, 28 mos. The
barn is full of horses again, including "Flash"
the pony for the kids. Libby Stough Rush's
interior design business is great She has a
partner and 6 designers. Her husband spent
5 mos. in OH for National City Bank and re-
turned in time to go to HI and the CA Wine
Country. Caroline 11, dreams of Olympic
swimming and William 8. started a new
school. Stanley Stuart is always on the
run-Baltimore for a wk., then NY, VA, OR,
CA, and MO all in 3 wks. She works on
movie sets. She supervised an animal action
on a Mel Gibson movie and just finished a
movie with Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon in
OR. Stanley was elected to the Board of Di-
rectors for the American Humane Society.
Gray Thomas Payne married Thomas
Anderson Payne 1 1/24/93. She and Thomas
and her children skied at Vail. Gray visited
Meg Duke '74, traveled to Santa Fe, San
Diego and to Newport Rl where the J-44 she
races on won second place at the NOOD
Regatta Marcia Thomas Gladwish is
obtaining a permanent teaching cert, in art
and elem. ed. after raising 4 girls and get-
ting a master's at SUNY Stony Brook. With
her youngest of 3 in kindergarten, Dorsey
Tillett Northrup went back to Marietta
College to update computer science skills.
She plans to re-enter the work world. They
vacationed at Seabrook Island, the Green-
brier and Grandfather Mountain. Rose
Anne Toppin Cranz had a b'day trip to
Pans and Normandy. Her mother treated
Rose Anne and her twin sister to the hus-
band, child and father-free vacation. Foster
is in 5th grade and like Rose Anne, plays
tennis. Rose Anne is very active with the Fort
Worth Ballet. Patii Tucker O'Desky says
the CA real estate market is picking up so she
has been busy. Aly, in 1 st grade thinks SBC
would be a great college to go to. Son
Charley is 3. Patti and Billy had a 15th anniv.
"Love Boat" cruise. Billy has a new job with
a mortgage brokerage firm. Elissa Walker
lives in Bethesda with Johnny 3, and hus-
band George. She is a VP in the commer-
cial real estate dept. of NationsBank and is
working on a masters in real estate at Johns
Hopkins U. She sees many SB friends.
Carroll Waters Summerour s son
Patrick is a 6' h.s. jr. playing very competi-
tive soccer William, 8th grade also plays
soccer, Kaki, 3rd grade, plays piano and ten-
nis and loves Brownies. Carroll and Toby
spent 2 wks in London with Arthur Andersen
meetings Sue West Best completed her
residency in internal medicine and is a Re-
search Fellow in Brain Imaging of Drug and
Alcohol Abuse Patients at Yale Med. Sch.
Libby Whitley continues as Dir. of Gov't
Relations for the American Farm Bureau Fed-
eration in DC. She travels extensively around
the country when not lobbying congress.
She ran into Janet Whitehurst who works at
the EPA Worden Willis is an investment
banker in Boca Raton, FL with Lehwald,
Orosey, Pepe, Inc. She sells Agencies and
Government Derivatives to Institutions.
Her sheep dog "Ernie" sends greetings.
Katharine Wilson Orton is a Sr VP at
Texas Commerce Bank in Houston. Her chil-
dren are 8 and 10. This info came from an
article in a TX newspaper about Katharine as
a "Woman on the Move". Carlos whisked
Wendy Wise Routh off to Windemere Is-
land for 2 1/2 wks, for her b'day. She cel-
ebrated Jane Perry Burden's b'day with her
and saw Chris Hoefer (and baby) and Anne
Cogswell Burris in Charleston, Children
Lexie and John Carlos are 5 and 4,
I, Kathy Osborne Spirtes, still enjoy
life as a newlywed, I coordinate the music
program for my church, lead school tours at
a historical museum and am finishing a 9-
wk, cooking school series. We just got a
bearded collie puppy and are in the "puppy
training" stages.
1979
Presidents: Rebecca Trulove
Symons. Saralee Cowles Boteler
Secretary: Deborah Kocik Benton
Fund Agents: Laura Evans, Anne
Garrity Spees, Patricia Paterson
Graham
It was fun to receive so many responses
to my request for news. I was pleased to read
that many of you are planning to attend our
15th (!!) reunion. May 27-29 at Sweet Briar,
I hope to see you there.
Piper Allan enjoys working with other
SB alumnae in an Orlando law firm, and par-
ticipates in the newly-formed SBC alumnae
club for Central Florida, She regularly sees
Teresa Marshall Tingley. Susan
Andrews Cruess luggles a busy schedule,
working 3 days a wk, as a commercial lend-
ing vice president at a large Chicago bank,
and looking after sons Jim (7) and Andrew
(4 1/2). Susan's family spent 2 wks. in
Canada, and travelled to VA at Christmas. In
Hampton, VA, Susan Anthony Lineberry
is the promotions director for Newport News
Parks and Recreation. With 4 sons under 1 1 ,
Susan thinks they'll be in Little League until
the year 2000. She looks forward to seeing
everyone in May.
I enjoyed seeing Janet Baldwin
McColloch while I was passing through the
Dallas airport en route to HI. Although Anne
Lindsey (7) was in school, it was fun to meet
Catherine (4) and Michael (3). Janet looks
terrific, and keeps busy with her family
and volunteering at Ronald McDonald
House. Alice Benton Major married Wam
last May, honeymooned on their sailboat in
the Mediterranean for 4 mos., then moved
to Birmingham, AL. Frances Biggers
Flock and Kate Hardin were at her wed-
ding. Still in Dothan, AL, Laurie Bowen
Carmichael spends most of the summer in
Panama City Beach, FL with her 2 children.
She plays tennis, teaches aerobics and vol-
unteers. In Martinsville, VA, Page Breakell
Beeler is now a liberated women since all
3 children are in school all day. She volun-
teers at their school and Charity League, and
participates in the local garden club. Holly
Butler Prather enjoys being a full-time
mom for Kelly (5) and Drew (3) in Atlanta.
After moving to Port Elizabeth, South Africa,
Betsy Byrne Utterback returned to her
interior design consulting business Al-
though it is a totally different lifestyle from
Paris, Betsy and Jim are enjoying their house
and new art studio. Jamie (12), Christopher
(9) and Jenny (7) take riding lessons with
Betsy
Sally Byron LaBarre enjoys projects
around her house in Baltimore, now that she
stays at home with Katie (5) and Phillip (2).
Also at home is Saralee Cowles Boteler,
who temporarily "retired" from her work as
a result of the presidential election, Saralee
is using the time off to work on their 140-
year-old house in Alexandria, and train
Sam, their flat-coated retriever. Hannah
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Craighill Morehead and Chip keep busy
with Sarah (6) and Ben (4) in Baltimore. Now
living in Northern Virginia, Kate Evans
LIuberes is busy with Cornelia (2 1/2) and
Antonia (4 months), and also works at her
Interior design business. Laura Crum prac-
tices law in Montgomery. AL and serves on
the Board of Bar Examiners tor the AL State
Bar Association, and on the board of the
IVIontgomery County Bar Association. Laura
also tutors In a literacy program and remains
active in the Jr. League. In VT, Katie Ewald
Adams is giving up real estate sales and
buying a radio station. Katie enjoyed seeing
Holly Harrison Crosby In London last
summer Leslie "Pete" Forbert Miller,
husband Jesse, and children Victoria (9) and
Taylor (3) live in an 1850 Itallanate home In
Lynchburg's historic district. They own a
video production company, Video Design,
and look forward to seeing everyone at
reunion Lyie Fromme Shane and hus-
band Lonnle are Intensive care nurses in
Monmouth, OR. They look forward to run-
ning another marathon, bringing Scott (3)
along with them to Victoria, B.C.
Living on a farm in Toano, VA, Kristi
Furches Harcum and husband Payten
have a son. Will (5) who just started kinder-
garten, so Kristi has taken a new job as
Director ot the Riding Program at William
and Mary College. Also living on a farm is
Kate Hardin, raising cattle in Dawsonvllle,
GA. Kate rides daily, sometimes with Pru-
dence Saunders PItcock. Kate reports
that Frances BIggers Flock moved to NJ.
and still flies for Delta. Also, she saw Beth
TImken DIehl, who lives outside Philadel-
phia and rides often. Corby Hancock Pine
and Jonathan bought a new house near
Baltimore, needing more space for son,
Jonathan III, born last Aug. Corby hopes to
return to teaching this yr. In Switzerland,
Cherl Harris Lofland is director ol p r for
Nutrasweet In Europe. She enioyed a visit
with Karen Ries, who lives in Denmark.
Clara Jackman Garbett, In Richmond,
loves staying home with Megan (6) and
Stuart (3), and says she will miss these early
years. Clara plans to be at reunion. Karen
Jaffa McGoldrIck and Lawrence have a
horse farm In Alpharetta, GA. Karen has 2
horses and boards 4 others, all Dressage
horses. Karen reports that she still starts her
young horses in the Sweet Briar style. After
passing the NJ Bar exam, Almee Brett
Kass practices law in Paterson, NJ and vol-
unteers at the Bergen County Div. on Aging.
E. Connor Kelly and Steve bought a house
In the canyon In Colorado Springs, and
enjoy son Patrick (1 1/2). They enjoyed a
theatre conference in Finland last summer,
and also moved their offices to a place with
a large playroom/dance space. Jenny
Kelsey Brelning has 3 children, with the
addition ot Victoria, born 1/93. Barbara
Lackey transferred to Charlotte, NC as a
vice president In institutional investments for
a large bank. Her son, Jamie, Is In 3rd grade.
Cindy Lee SInchak has 4 children - Anne
(9), Jennie (6), Joey (4), and Marie (2). She
and Joe are fixing up an old farmhouse in
rural upstate NY.
Julie Lenardi Dill, Jim. and Kathryn
(3) moved back to Lake Tahoe, CA, closer
to their families, Julie is In sales with R.R.
Donnelley, servicing the documentation
needs of software companies. In Indianapo-
lis, Kathryn Leonard DeWitt has begun
home schooling her children, Rachel, In 4th
grade, Nathan in 2nd, Rebekah (6) and Sarah
(3 1 /2). Susan Lord Searles and Rob plan
to move to Northern Virginia. Susan works
on Navy software development in Dahlgren.
VA while Rob completes his radiology resi-
dency at Waller Reed Hospital. In Scotland,
Kimberly Louis Stewart is learning to
fish in the salmon rivers, while David works
in cable tv. Kim and David have 3 sons,
William (9 mos.), Duncan (3) and Alexander
(2). Having just moved to a 3-acre ranch in
Albuguergue, NM, Mary Robertson
"Robbie" McBrlde rides every day,
and hopes to start an organic garden.
Lauren McMannIs Huyett lives in
Belhesda. sings with the Jr. League group,
the "Washlngtones" and teaches Sunday
school. She also keeps busy with Kate (10),
Phillip (8 1/2), Peter (5 1/2) and Chip (4).
Lauren expects their 5th child 2/94! Sherri
Manson looks forward to seeing everyone
at reunion In May. Teresa Marshall
Tingley is an Insurance undenwriting super-
visor In Orlando, sees Piper Allan often,
and also looks fomvard to reunion. In Cor-
pus ChristI, TX, Louise Mueller Cook Is
moving to a larger house to accommodate
her 2 sons, 5 cats, 7 hunting dogs and 3
horses. She plans to be at reunion for "her
first vacation In a long time." Deborah
Parker Gibbs juggles her solo law prac-
tice in Baton Rouge, and caring lor Elise (7),
Parker (5) and Martha (3). She enjoyed
visiting Kelly McBrlde Hudson in San
Francisco 4/93, and had a mini-reunion with
Mikkl Farley Canning, Lynn EInsel,
and Joanie Dearborn. She also plans to
attend reunion.
Tricia Paterson Graham Is busy with
her son, Paterson (2) and volunteering with
the Mobile Jr. League, Mobile Opera Guild,
and Mobile Symphony Committee. She en-
joyed trips to Sea Island, GA, New Orleans
and St. George Island, FL and looks lonward
to SBC in May Sally Ann Sells Bensur
had their first child. Holly, born 12/31/92.
Still living in Pittsburgh, they vacationed in
Hong Kong and Bangkok. In Tallahassee, FL.
Pam Ramsdell Mitchell's 4th child is
due 4/94, joining Elspeth (9 1/2), Barclay (6
1/2) and Tucker (3 1/2). Pam volunteers at
her childrens' schools, and still hopes to
be at reunion. Irene Rothschild de
Dorfzaun owns a business that represents
foreign companies, selling their goods in
Ecuador. Husband Alberto owns an invest-
ment bank, and they have 3 children, Andrea
(12), Maurino (9) and Daniela (2). Irene's
family visited Sweet Briar In 1992, and un-
fortunately cannot make it back for reunion.
Shari Sellars works for a software com-
pany in Tucson, AZ, works on the ground
crew for hot air balloons on weekends, and
has 2 dogs and 2 cats. Amy Smith had a
great year, first documenting the 1993
Winter Games In Austria for the Special
Olympics, then interviewing Willie Nelson
for a W story. Alter 14 years in television.
Amy has changed directions and Is now the
Information officer lor the Bedlord County
schools in VA Annette Teng Cheung
works tor Linear Technology in the package
engineering group, and has traveled a lot
through China, Hong Kong and Singapore.
She met her maternal grandmother lor the
first time In China. Her daughter, Lisa, Is in
kindergarten. Beth TImken DIehl lives in
West Chester, PA training her new dressage
horse and planning to compete with it.
Rebecca Trulove Symons had her 3rd
daughter, Anne, born in March ot last year.
Lee Wetzel married Anthony DIGangl,
and bought her 8th horse. Lee lives in
Annandale, VA and is learning to golf. Judy
Williams Carpenter Is the alumnae direc-
tor lor St. Catherine's School In Richmond,
and prepares the class notes for all the
classes twice a year. Hunter (8) and Melinda
(4) keep Judy running all the time. She vis-
ited Lisa Hagan Klieforth and family, and
reports that Lisa Is expecting her 3rd child.
Nancy White Bryant has a new business,
Showhouse Publications. In NYC. On a sad
note, Nancy reports her divorce last fall, but
is moving forward Ashley Wilson Brook
enioys staying home with Mary Grayson (1
1/2), and remains active on the board of
Child Care Resource and Referral, a local
United Way agency in Raleigh. Ashley looks
forward to reunion. Wendy Worthen is
remodeling her home in Atlanta, and runs in
the NY marathon every lall . Wendy hopes to
see everyone at reunion. Bridget Wray
Gardner returned to work part-time as
Membership Coordinator for the Historic
Savannah Foundation, now that her girls are
In school.
I encourage everyone to try and attend
our 1 5th reunion in May, and to be as gen-
erous as possible in considering a reunion
gift to Sweet Briar. I thoroughly en|oyed a trip
to CA and HI last yr, and seeing old friends
at a Sweet Briar weekend in Baltimore last
fall. Doug, Diane (9 1/2) and I hope to move
from Alexandria, VA to MD. I look lonA/ard
to seeing you all at reunion, and remind ev-
eryone to please send me your completed
questionnaires and photographs to be
placed in the class scrapbook. See you soon!
1983
President: Mary Pope Hutson Waring
Secretary: Melissa Byrne
Fund Agent: Virginia Claus Buyck
It was really great seeing everyone at
Reunion - hard to believe that 10 years have
gone by. I'll begin this first of my next 5 years
as class secretary by telling you what's new
with me. At Reunion, I had a very exciting
evening on Saturday when I was proposed
to by Robert Partington! We will be married
on April 30, 1994 and will move to NC to
live. Besides that, my job keeps me travel-
ing around the US teaching Lotus Notes
courses. Amy Painter Hur welcomed
Elizabeth Painter Hur last Aug She and her
family live in Austin, TX. Kim Howell
Franklin was married on Labor Day to John
Franklin. They hiked in the Canadian Rockies
for their honeymoon. Joan McGetttigan,
Tracy Gatewood, Danielle DePaul,
Ellen Howard and Melissa Prynn were
all there! Julie Snodgrass Walker and
husband John had a baby boy in June. They
still live in Richmond, VA. Lisa Rogness
is Supervisor for the City ol Santa Barbara,
CA, She and her partner. S.K. celebrated their
Holy Union this year. Lisa is in contact with
Andrea Lawrence ('85) and is godmother to
her daughter Hannah Rose. Leslie Wright
Root is remodeling her home. She had her
second son, Devin James in June. She still
works as an executive recruiter. Kathy
Barrett is still in Richmond managing
Lillian Vernon outlet store. She has a
new hobby of investing in antiques! Ava
Carmichael Eagles lives in the San
Diego area. She expects her second child
4/94. She still works as a private Perinatal
Healthcare Consultant, Martha Riggs
Lowry was very sorry to miss reunion. She
and her husband Ron had a fabulous trip to
England and Scotland. Martha is busy get-
ting her Interior Design business off the
ground. Julia Bass Randall had a won-
derful summer sailing almost every week-
end! She and her husband Jim are putting
an addition on their home and doing other
renovating Elena Quevedo Chigas and
her husband Charles expect their first child
(a girl) in Jan.! She Is finishing her disser-
tation and converting her study to a nursery!
Sarah Sutton Brophy works from her
home as a museum management Consult-
ant. She has 2 children, Parker Sutton
Brophy and Taylor Brophy. She looks for-
ward to the 1 994 Summer Olympics and at-
tending the Equestrian Events with Sarah
Babcock Katherine Robison Davey
and husband Drew live in Davidson, NC with
their 3 children Laura Katherine, Ebel and
Marshall, Drew is a neonatologist with Caro-
linas Medical Center and she is a profes-
sional artist Becky Campbell Moravek
does freelance artwork and cares for her
daughter Megan Elizabeth. She expects her
second child in late Feb. She says, "Thank
goodness for Christmas cards. Mason!".
Suzy Ireland Dupree had a daughter in
Sept., Elizabeth Parmalee Dupree. The fam-
ily Is doing very well, in Lexington, KY. Ruth
Lewin was happy to see everyone at re-
union. She and her boyfriend Marc went to
Martha's Vineyard lor a family reunion this
summer and happened to get in the middle
ol the Clinton motorcade! Libby Glenn
Fisher now works part-time at P&G after
some inspirational conversations at reunion
with classmates who are part-time moms!
Melissa Harshaw was sorry to miss re-
union. She is in Nashville, TN co-writing
songs and commuting back and forth to LA.
Margaret Enochs Jarvis is on the faculty
at the Medical College of VA in Richmond.
She won a career development award from
the National Institute on Drug Abuse. She
and her husband Dave are both well. Diana
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Duffy Waterman teaches aerobics and her
son started 1st grade. Stie is busy balanc-
ing work and 2 children Ellen Chaney
moved to a townhouse in Arlington, VA. She
is working on it and doing some freelance
writing Barbara MIraldl Devlne enjoys
being at home with her 2 sons Daniel and
Eddie. Her husband is starting his own law
practice. Ann Sterling Hart has 2 children
Stephie and Alexandra. She also has a 3 yr.
old horse. She will complete her business
degree 5/94. She and husband Steven fin-
ished building their dreamhouse on 6 acres
in FL. Nina Pastuhov is still in Ft. Lauder-
dale, working part-time in Financial Sales.
She moved into a new home overlooking the
intracoastal waterway. She plans to ski in the
French Alps in early '94. Sharon Patton
Massle was on vacation during reunion and
sorry she missed everyone. She enjoys lite
on the farm with her husband Sammy
and still works with Massie Insurance in
Amherst Lucy Chapman Millar sends
news o( her second pregnancy! She and Ken
went fly-tishing in ID last summer. They
enjoy seeing lots ol Elizabeth Sprague
O'Meara and her husband Gerry. Gigi
Harsh made a dream come true last sum-
mer by going parasailingi Jewett Winn
Rothschild had a baby girl, Caroline Jewett.
This was also her 9th wedding anniv.! She
has her Real Estate license and enjoys be-
ing a realtor Sharon Johnson Clark is
still with MCI Communications but in a new
role as Budget Coordinator in the Flight
Operations Dept. She and her husband Jack
bought a home in Herndon, VA and have a
new Doberman puppy to go with it! Tracy
Gatewood works for herself as an Event
Coordinator and enjoys life in Atlanta. She
would really like to hear from friends with
whom she's lost touch. Mary Watt Messer
had a blast at Reunion and looks forward to
her son Jack's 'terrible two's"!! Mary Ware
Gibson is still in Huntsville, AL. Her hus-
band Brian is an ENT & Facial Plastic Sur-
geon. She had a little girl in July, Claire
Elizabeth who loins Taylor (5 1/2) and
Andrew (2 1/2)! All 3 keep Mary very busy!
Ellen Clare Gillespie Dryer and Scott
expect their second baby this fall (93). Ellen
Clare will finish her MBA this Dec. Mason
Bennett Rummel really enjoyed reunion.
She is still grants director at the Brown Foun-
dation. Mason is doing SBC recruiting as
well as Jr. League volunteering. Amy Boyce
Osaki was once again traveling the world!
In Feb., she and her husband John were in
El Salvador and Nicaragua where they saw
Sandra Rappacioli MgGregor ('80). July
found Amy and John in Africa (Zimbabwe
and Tanzania) where they climbed Mt.
Kilimaniaro all the way up to 19,000 feet. Her
work keeps her busy and she was recently
nominated Pacific Region Museum Educa-
tor of the Year Anne Little Woolley
missed reunion because she was giving birth
to her son Prescott. Anne and Doug moved
to Virginia Beach from Charlotte, NC. Wylie
Jameson Small is still teaching 10th and
1 1th grade English and working hard at poli-
tics. She chairs the Republican Women's
Outreach Network, She and Stuart traveled
in the Adirondack Mountains. Hilton Head
and the Grand Cayman Islands. Ann
Goldman Uloth graduated from TCU with
her MBA. She is now a financial consultant
at Merrill Lynch in Dallas, Gretchen
Wulster Millar writes from England that all
is going very well over there! Miriam Baker
Morris had a terrific time at reunion! She
and Clay visited Virginia Claus Buyck and
Mark in Florence, SC, and enjoyed a visit
from Elizabeth Cahill Sherman ('84) and Jack
on their recent trip to Birmingham, Melissa
Cope Morrissette moved into a new home
and is busy with her volunteer work and 2
sons, Clifton and William. She visited Bet
Dykes Pope Barb Paulson Goodbarn
saw Bridget O'Reilly Holmes in CO Barb
told me that Susan Jefferson Porritt now
lives in Aurora, CO and Barb looks forward
to seeing her soon! Leslie Malone Berger
and Kevin had their second child, Kiernan
Young Berger in Aug. They enjoyed their trip
'back east' this summer! Betsey Birkhead
Glick enjoys her son Kevin, who has begun
to talk Sharon Pryor and Peggy White
Sanko visited Betsey, they each have a son.
Lea Sparks Bennett and Herb are still in
Charlotte, NC. Their daughter Mary Mac is
4. Lea has worked as a Third Party Admin-
istrator for an insurance co. since 2/92 and
volunteers in her church and the Jr. League.
Catherine Campbell is a Team Leader (as
a teacher) in the 8th grade at Monelison
Middle School in Amherst Co. She admits
that sometimes she is too busy with her job
as Assl. Manager at night at Revco and as
president of her condo complex! Grayson
Harris Lane and her husband David are
still in Boston. She finished her Ph.D.
coursework and is preparing for oral exams
(in Art History). She and David are contem-
plating a move to the west coast. Michelle
McSwain Williams and her husband
David took a "post baby and without baby"
getaway trip to NYC and Boston. They did,
however, bring Chip (1 yr) to the beach in
Sept.! M ichel le practices Real Estate Law and
loves being a mom! Laura Jennings had
a baby son. Graham, while we were all at
reunion! She moved to a new house in
Rockville, MD and hopes to make it to the
15th reunion! Alice Cutting Laimbeer
had a busy summer visiting Nantucket and
Italy with her family! She ran into Diane
Dawley in the Rome airport and saw Wylie
Jameson Small last fall in upstate NY. She
shows her horse frequently and enjoys meet-
ing Sarah Babcock at shows Suzy Balog
Ingram was also in Nantucket as well as
Naples. FL and Disney World! She and her
husband Steve attended a Sweet Briar Alum-
nae Reunion at the home of Joanne S.
Holbrook Patton ('52) in South Hamilton.
MA. They are working and planning their
next big trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos
Islands. Karen Pyne McCalla still works
seasonally for the IRS. She visited Denver,
CO. and AL, She still owns House One King
Kitty Louis who is 1 5 yrs. old! She and hus-
band Jeff enjoy life in Memphis. Pam
Weeks works tor Norma Kamali running her
swimwear division. Her summer was spent
traveling and participating in triathlons.
Diane Dawley regretted not being able to
make it to reunion. She is still a Project
Manager at IBM in Bethesda. MD, support-
ing the Federal Government. Diane was in
Europe twice last year She hopes to trans-
fer to the Seattle area with IBM because she
is building a house on Widby Island. At
Christmas, she'll visit her brother and his
family who live in Italy. Sally Archibald
Roberts was married in March to Jerry
Roberts. She and Jerry live in Wilton, CT
near Bridget O'Reilly Holmes and John
who live in Weston, CT Laura Mixon
Rodriguez is back in Caracas and busy with
her new management newsletter which is
published in both Spanish and English. She
and Leandro hope to have a second child in
1994, Percy Grant spent the last 5 yrs.
getting her MDiv and being ordained in the
Episcopal Church. She is now settling into
parish life in Burke, VA. Carol Barlow
teaches h.s. English and journalism. For the
past 2 yrs. she has also taught a part-time
program for adult h.s. dropouts which she
really enjoys Elizabeth Taylor Seifert
lives with husband Mark in Alexandria. VA
and is a law assistant for Healthcare, Envi-
ronmental Law for Senator Jesse Helms.
Aimee Lisner Kaiser had a daughter,
Alexandra Rascob Kaiser 12/92. Aimee's 4
cocker spaniels are especially fond ol 'All'
when she is 'eating' in her high chair! Blair
Clark Smith and family enjoy the CO
lifestyle! The Smiths enjoyed being on the
East Coast this summer. Thank you all for
your notes. I look lonward to hearing from
you next year.
1987
President: Junie Speight
Secretary: Jean (Sam) Lewis Guergai
Fund Agent: Page Franson
It was a scorching day when we moved
into the dorms at Sweet Briar over 10 yrs.
ago. Unbelievable as it is, the school has
made some changes. From those ol us who
have had the pleasure of visiting the cam-
pus, the comments are all positive, with The
Florence Elston Inn receiving rave reviews.
It was again my pleasure to hear from
friends and classmates of their enthusiasm
with present and future endeavors. Erin
Hintz married Tom Garrahan 9/8/90 with
Mollee Buckingham and Polly Paton
Lewis in attendance. Erin was promoted to
Assistant Vice President at Johnson &
Higgins, insuring thoroughbred horses. She
and Tom had their first son, Ryan Thomas
on 6/7/93 Mary-Yorke Robison Dates
and David moved to Athens, GA following
the birth of David Harris Gates on 7/8/93,
Mary Yorke enjoys motherhood and writes
when she gets a chance while David does a
1-yr internship at U. Georgia. Mary Sue
Cate Mayes and Larry wrote of the birth of
Andy on 7/31/93 following their survival of
the lA floods. She believes that being a work-
ing mother will be a learning experience.
Active with Jr. League in Portland, OR Sa-
rah Brix Tennant is busy with son Peter
John (2) and expects another baby 1/94,
Gloria Cole Bauer and Andy with Ruthie
(4) and Teddy (1 ) celebrated their 6th anniv.
After 5 years with D. Jones & Co., Gloria
accepted a Limited Parnership. Caroline
Tarashchi had a 5th successful season with
"Gardenscapes." Over the winter she hopes
to see Cristina Knowles and go to Santa
Fe. In 11/92, Cristina started "Sales Assist",
a company providing marketing services:
advertising, graphic design, copywriting to
DC. based businesses. She wrote of there
being "moments of panic, but overall it is fun
and exciting," Serving as Region VI Chair-
man on the SBC Alumnae Board, Linda
Mae Visocan also fulfilled a term on the
Board of the Catherine Horstmann Home.
She manages the Joan & David boutique in
Cleveland. Over the summer she saw Jenny
Grassland ('86) for a week in Hilton Head.
Laurie Starett still rides regularly, plays
tennis and continues to work with the local
paper. She asked. "Did anyone see Junie
Speight on "As the World Turns" in 8/93?"
Junie. what's new? Priscilla Newton
Carroll is in her 4th yr. at Georgetown Law
School's evening division. Jim will soon fin-
ish his Masters of Public Management at
UMD, She continues to clerk for the Office
of Independent Counsel and Jim is Sr.
Consultant for Booz Allen & Hamilton.
Cameron Clark Sipes finds being a mom
"fulltime" to Charles Yancey Sipes, Jr.(born
4/8/93) a "joy," Cameron works part-
time with Wheat First Securities, Inc. in
Charlottesville. VA. Suzanne Wells
Bergmann wishes she could see more SBC
friends. She and Michael expected a child
10/93, Suzanne is on leave from AMRESCO
Institutional , Inc. and Michael practices with
Covington Burling, a DC law firm. Malinda
Bradley Bergen was due in 12/93 Blair
Beebe Smith expected a 2nd child in 1/94.
Sarah is 2 They enjoy their new house in
Richmond. She sees Liz Wilson Parrish,
Caroline Trask Wallace and Cameron
Clark Sipe often Lynn Weinberg is
working on her Masters of Communication
Disorders at ECU and may transfer to UVA.
She sees Annette "Skippy" Shillestad '89,
Anne Caston '89 and Jen Crossland '86.
Victoria Chumney continues with Bristol-
Myers Squibb as a Sales Rep. in San Anto-
nio. Melanie Nelson joined Barnes Morris
Pardoe & Foster (Commercial Real Estate)
as Director of Corporate Communications.
Shannon Wood and husband Chris still
live in Refugio. Both keep busy managing
family ranches and assets. Dede Connors
moved to Alexandria, VA to be Associate
Director of Admissions at Episcopal High
School, She tells of Amy Watkins' new
venture, her own graphics company in Ra-
leigh called Amelia Watkins Designs. Bliss
Simmons is with a new computer firm.
Dede mentioned that Bliss went to Hungary
for 3 mos in '93 Susan Scales Hunt is
"shopping and aerobics fluent" in German.
She lives in Germany and thanks Dede for
all the updates. Angelyn Schmid and her
husband went to Jamaica lor their 2nd anniv.
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
They visited Karen Conway Holloway
and Peter wfio are expecting #2. Bnana
Nicole is growing fast. Karen owns a graptiic
arts business in Kingston Angelyn contin-
ues to practice law in Dallas, On 10/24/92
Julie Trant married Todd Coates. Matron
of Honor was Mary Via Cuoco, Leslie
Ross Kellogg was a bridesmaid. Julie and
Todd live in Cape Elizabetfi. ME. Maria Via
Cuoco completed ttie '92 NYC Marathon on
11/1/92. She and Mark moved to New
Canaan, CT. After vacationing in Ireland in
7/93, they spent 3 mos. in London working
for Marsh & McLennan's UK Subsidary, CT,
Bowing, as insurance brokers.
Courtney Blanton Alford and hus-
band John moved to Lynchburg in 12/92
and love their new home near John's parents.
Daughter Courtney "Blair" was born 4/13/
93 They see Rebecca Mitchie McVeigh
and husband, Charlie who also live in
Lynchburg, At home.too is Kathy Bryan
Sanders with Josh (3) and Emily (born 4/
1 2/93). Husband John ( W&L '86) is a com-
modities broker. They live in a "great, but
cold city" - Chicago. She'd love to hear from
anyone in her area! Ann Moorberg married
Adrian Wentworth Stanley, a graduate ol
Eton, England in 10/92 They reside in En-
gland where Ann has lived lor over 3 yrs.
Their wedding trip was to Morocco, She sees
Kiona McKenny Murphy '86 and visited
Heather Brown Pollock '86 Kelly Reed Is
doing an MBA at Georgetown Univ, She
said, "The other students are great, as are the
professors but nothing can beat SBC-Holla,
Holla, Holla!" She lives close by and we ex-
pect to see each other soon. From Denmark
where she works lor United Airlines,
Elizabeth Nelson sent news of her en-
gagement and 6/94 wedding plans with
fiance Johannes Suhr, After finishing a mas-
ters in Diplomatic History at the Univ, of
Hawaii's East-West Center for International
Studies, Leigh Meyer Mithchell, now in
McLean, VA, is doing her MA in Economics
at George Mason Univ, and working at the
Tysons Corner Williams Sonoma while im-
proving her Japanese, Stephanie Dee
Harden lives in the South of France and is
engaged to Kevin O'Brien, They plan to visit
VA over the holidays, Lee Carroll married
Charles Roebuck 5/15/93 and they live in
Sparks, MD, Lee is Director of Membership
tor the Lacrosse Foundation & The Lacrosse
Hall of Fame Museum in Baltimore, Lee and
Ellie Schnabel expected to attend Drew
Hardy's 11/93 wedding for which Pam
Miscall was Maid ol Honor, Ellie lives and
works in Marbiehead, MA, Pam continues to
work at the American Institutes lor Research
in Georgetown and moved to McLean, VA,
Pam Ythier Barkley is also employed
there Kristen Kressig Carter and Dave
attended the VMI '88 litth-yr, reunion to-
gether with Pam Miscall and her boyfriend,
Ted, Kristen is busy with their horses and
one dog in Virginia Beach,
Since transferring from SBC, Anne
Hales-Capp graduated with a Biological
Sciences maior and French minor from UC
Davis, later working for the Univ as a re-
search Assistant in Cell Biology, In '90 she
married John Capp, an electrical engineer-
ing technician from the US Navy, Their
daughter Sarah Jean-Marie was born in 1 1 /
91, Anne works for Baxter Diagnostics
Microsan Div, and is pursuing a masters in
Microbiology at UC Davis, Julie Dorset!
graduated from the Dickenson School ol Law
5/93 and awaits the results of her bar exam.
She saw Kitty Jaschen and Hilary Har-
ris Salley over Labor Day, Hilary married
Alfred Salley, Jr, 3/93, Julie, Kitty and Eliza-
beth Tamara Taylor were attendants
Hilary is a computer programmer at Durham
County Management Information Center
Services Ann McAllister is Creative Direc-
tor at a Digital Imaging/Computer Graphics
Company which she enjoys very much, Erin
Kelley married Michael W, Dubzinski 6/93,
They honeymooned in Bermuda and re-
turned to Gushing Academy in MA where
Erin teaches Spanish and Michael is an Ad-
missions Officer Lezlie Varisco Pinto
married Victor 12/92 and moved from
Dallas to Madison, Wl due to Victor being
transferred, Karen Bryan is still in Jackson-
ville, FL where she works for BancBoston,
Lezlie heard from Jill Reeves Stryker
who moved back to NJ, Fran Cohen
Berchenstein is married and living and
doing very well in NYC Mary (Polly)
Palon Lewis and her husband John live in
Richmond, VA, Polly works for Independent
Insurance Agents of VA, Dana Driver con-
tinues in Tulsa, OK as a new producer for the
CBS affiliate. She married Adam Rogers
4/93, Many SBC'ers attended, Vickie
MacMillan Schuster received her Para-
legal Certificate from Univ, of San Diego, She
is temporarily doing document coding for a
law firm, Julie Geddes is still with Nat'l
Ass'n of Travel Agents in Alexandria VA h,q,
Ceecy Gunn handles all advertising tor
"The Georgetowner" as well as its biannual
tourist info, and guide book,
Caroline Trask Wallace and Gordon
recently bought a house in Charlotte! Tami
Trebus works for Towers Perrin in Manhat-
tan, She sees Dana Ostrowsky who is get-
ting her masters in Education and Moira
Carroll, a computer consultant in DC, Tami
expected a visit from Kathryn Ingram '88 for
a "small" reunion with Sigma Phi Epsilon
(W&L), After 4 yrs, in Management ol Laura
Ashley in Boca Raton, Fl. Evan Wright
Eraser opened a new store for corporate
gifts and bridal registry. She chaired a
fundraiser for the Jr, League and Horses and
the Handicapped, Vikki Schroederand I
keep in written contact. She continues with
Target and led training seminars in Denver,
Los Angeles and TX, Her wonderful youth
choir sang at the MN State Fair in St. Paul.
She expects a trip to Jamaica 3/93 and a
skiing weekend in Duluth. Carol Goodman
Doty married Charles Doty 7/93 in Atlanta.
The wedding was a true reunion with class-
mates traveling from afar and near. Brides-
maids were Ansley Merritt Conner,
Cameron Clark Sipe, Bliss Simmons,
and Caroline Trask Wallace Ansley
works 4 days a wk. as a paralegal for an
Atlanta firm while busy with Catherine (8
mos.). She works with Nancy Bethea '90.
Most of you have heard from Page
Franson regarding the Annual Fund. She is
in her new home on the Cape and invites
visitors all year round This is her 6th yr. with
Meditech, where she was promoted to
Senior Programmeri Verda Andrews
practices criminal law in Atlanta after her
former work with a Civil Rights Defense firm
in Charlotte. She also became a new
homeowner. Mina Von Voss works with
Jos A. Bank Clothiers in Lexington, KY
Paige Taylor moved to VA from VT 1 2/92
and is a Sales Rep for Checks and Balances,
a women-owned cganization devoted to
payrolling and personnel services-"very
team oriented and progressive." "Girl"
Georgianna Conger Wolcott and her
husband continue to enjoy married life. Her
heart is still with animal portraits for which
she is getting more commissions. They have
5 dogs. Our sympathy goes to her and her
family since her father suddenly passed
away Caroline Owen Houde tells of her
beautiful garden. She handles real estate title
exams and manages a division of law
offices. She and husband Peter attended an
SBC Alumnae function at the home of
Joanne Holbrook Patton '52 Anne Fiery
McGregor was asst. producer for a docu-
mentary "President Eisenhower: the Conten-
tious Years" airing on the Discovery Channel
in 1 1/93 and PBS in '94. She saw friends at
the Foxfield and Middleburg Races. Maggie
Fogarty was the "unsigned classmate" last
year. Having finished her masters in Theol-
ogy at Villanova she is Government Liaison
for the Catholic Network of Volunteer Ser-
vice in DC. She looks forward to moving on
to direct service with the poor Liz Stoebner
Wiley graduated from St. Mary's Law
School in San Antonio. Ellen Tozzer
Smith and Powell had a daughter, Ellen Vir-
ginia "Gingy" Smith on 8/10/93. We see
Stacy Lee Pae and daughter Emily a lot
since their move from NYC. Stacy's husband
Peter left The Wall Street Journal \o^ a job
with The Washington Post. Stacey enjoys
being near family and friends, and being
home with Emily. She works for Thai Dynasty
Carpet, Inc. out of her home. Recently she
visited Mr. Lauren Oliver at SBC and saw his
exhibit at the Pannell Center. She and Emily
went to CA and Korea to visit family. At the
DC Community Campaign Kickoft for SBC
held in Oct, at the National Press Club in
Washington D,C, a great number of alum-
nae were present, including; Paige Taylor,
June Lee 86, Stacy Lee Pae, Pam
Miscall. Brooke Haw Spencer '88, Chris-
tina Savage Lytle '88 and husband, newly
married Keely Sullivan Jurgovan '92 and
myself. The program was excellent and the
preview of the Adkins '29 Challenge for
Scholarships an exciting opportunity!
This has been a fun yr, in our house. Our
daughter Aicha (2) bounced back after sur-
gery and enjoys life with me at home,
Mustapha has been with Metropolis for 1
1/2 years in Alexandria, VA, We made sev-
eral family trips; NYC, Pittsburgh, and Rabat,
Morocco, We had nearly a mo, overseas.
Renewed friendships have been a highlight
for me, I handled the search for old friends
for my h,s, reunion and was also on the
Committee, For over a yr,, I have been the
Reston/Herndon Volunteer Travel Coordina-
tor for the American Cancer Society's "Road
to Recovery," I joined with Discovery Toys
as an Educational Consultant; with that and
my occasional translating along with quilt-
ing patchwork gifts and baby and lap quilts
tor a holiday Open House it has been hec-
tic. As an AAR I phoned lots of prospective
students this pasi fall. Consider becoming
involved with the program, if you aren't
already, I enjoy a new link with the SBC
students ol the future. Thank you again for
having me as Secretary! If you are interested
in having a mid-year newsletter for our class
only, drop me a line at the Alumnae office
or to my address. It is great fun hearing your
news first!
1991
President: Dawn Monahan
Secretary: Beth Robinson
Fund Agent: Christine Flint
Kathryn Johnson is a 3rd year med
student at Tufts Univ and working at
Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA.
On 10/08/94 she will marry John Glass II
(HSC '90) Leigh Matzdorf is branch man-
ager at Commercial Credit Corporation.
Amber Bennett Moncure was married on
7/3/93 to Randy Moncure. Wendy Pressel
Sullivan, Emily Leming, and Carolyn
Imperato ('93) were in the wedding held at
SBC Chapel Amber is in her last yr. at U
Penn Wendy Pressel Sullivan is In
Atlanta as a legal secretary and running to
auditions. She enjoyed attending her
grandmother's, Helen Talbott ('27) reunion.
Allene Doucette will be married 6/25/94
to Todd Miller at SBC Chapel. Lea Harvey
90, Jennifer Gregg, and Karen Hott will
be bridesmaids. Al will return for her mas-
ters in fine art. Betsy Butler received her
M,A, in journalism from Ohio State and is
communications coordinator for a law firm
She has been traveling a lot; to Norway, a
visit to Patti Austin, and she plans to
head west for World Cup Skiing, Tammy
O'Malley is in her 2nd year of grad, school
in social work and working as a group thera-
pist at Parent Child Center, She is engaged
to Larry Fein and plans a 10/94 wedding,
Emily Leming moved to Green Village, NJ,
She recently saw Laura Rose Martin and
Amber Bennett Moncure Jennifer
Gregg was promoted to Senior Consultant
at Ernst & Young, She saw Leah Starr in
May and keeps in touch with Carey Bates
and Al Doucette. Carol Krajewski is
modeling full time and enjoying the money
and travel She went hiking out west in the
Black Hills and Yellowstone, then to Cancun
and Cozumel, Christine Flint is in Bulgaria
teaching conversational English to h,s, stu-
dents, Kathryn Hagist still lives in Chapel
Hill and works in marketing. She saw
Stephanie Pratt and Paige Wright
ALUMNAE MAGAZINE
39
Paige is in law at the University of Rictimond.
Beth Hensley Martin married Jay 8/21/
93, Lorraine Haire was a bridesmaid and
many SBC alumnae attended, Lorraine is a
lead teactier in a prescliool in Fairfax, Va.
Stie is still pursuing a masters in education.
Carey Bates is at Ttie l\/1arasco Newton
Group, an environmental consulting firm in
DC, She has been traveling and lool<ing into
grad, programs. She volunteers and sees
Suzanne Petrie and Susan Spurrell
Susan works in public relations tor a trade
association. Susan saw Kristin Walburg.
Suzanne is a program analyst at the
Pentagon. She lool<s forward to Kimberly
McGraw's wedding and visiting Kathryn
Hagist with Carey Bates.
Bonnie Dawson lives in Amherst
County where she played Kate in Brighton
Beach Memoirs. She is working on getting
a novel published, being a parent aide, and
has completed the building of her house with
her family. Mary Lanford is in her 2nd yr.
at the U of Alabama in English and thinking
about an IVI.A. in library science. Liz
Hourllian teaches biology, chemistry, and
physics at St, Paul's High School in
Swaziland, Southern Africa. She will be
home in Dec. Signee Hoffman graduated
from Palmer Chiropractic College. She trav-
eled throughout Canada and the U.S. with
her fiance. They plan to open a practice to-
gether in Carmel Megan Read drove
across country with Katherine Cooper and
is doing an internship at an advertising
agency. She is attending John Hopkins Busi-
ness School. Katherine Cooper also at-
tends John Hopkins Business School and
works for a Spanish TV and Radio Station as
Account Executive, Ashley Krass is in
Atlantawriting a novel. Laurel LeStrange
is completing her M.k in psychology. She
recently became engaged to Mike Donckers
(HSC '90), Keely Lange received her MA,
in Political Science from U, of Illinois, She
attends the U, of Washington School of
Foreign Languages, Tisa Oelaney lives in
Atlanta with Holly Hicks ('92) and works for
a lobbyist. She says the weinermobile is his-
tory, but is now volunteering on campaigns
and playing soccer. She keeps in touch with
Beth Malloy ('90), Brandi Beck ('90), Liz
Jennings, Kana Roess, and Sarah
Clinton Jackie Kjono works at
South High School in Minneapolis, Kim
Blackwell Terry was married 4/11/92 to
Lance Terry, They expect a baby in Nov, In
May '92 she went into the army and is
stationed in Karlsbuhe, Germany, Kim Hat-
ter Ellis was married 5/08/93 to Danny,
They are building a house near Wintergreen,
VA, Ashley Quarrier works at the National
Association of Life Underwriters in DC. She
plans to marry Eamon Moran in Jan, He is
in the Foreign Service so they will move to
Shanghai, China in Feb, for 2 years, Cathi
Goslau is the Director of Admission for the
John Robert Powers Modeling Agency
in Denver, She still teaches riding part
time and keeps in touch with Stephanie
Berger, Cameron Cox, and Tammy
O'Malley Stephanie Berger is in her
last yr, at Colorado Univ, She enjoyed
attending Melanie Duke and Beth
Hensley Martin's weddings Fiona
Mackay received her MA, in Dance/
Movement Therapy, She works on the Clip-
per City in Baltimore and al Francis Scott Key
Hospital as a Dance/Movement Therapist,
She will marry Richard Crone in the summer
of 94, Heather Service works for Simon
& Schuster Publishing Company in
Manhattan, She still rides and is the secre-
tary lor Loyd Harbor Equine Association,
Stephanie Banton is Assistant Branch
Manager at AmSouth Bank in Birmingham,
AL, Karen Holland is in Winston-Salem,
NC working lor Champion Products Corpo-
rate Headquarters. She saw Elise Scott in
Charlottesville,
D'Andra Simmons is in Dallas mod-
eling and acting. She was hired as a broker
at Rauscher, Pierce, Refsnes, Inc, Vickie
Campo is an admissions counselor for SBC
and enjoys all the traveling. Penny Tadler
is substitute teaching and attending Hofstra
Univ, for her M.S, in Reading, She enjoys
teaching technical Theater and acting as an
SBC rep, at college fairs, Michelle Gibson
is in Tampa, FL where she received her MBA
from U, of South Florida, She is engaged to
Rick Kolaska, Tori Hutcheson spends her
time riding where she has seen Amy Ghiz
('92), Mary Lanford, and Marilyn Adams
('92), NandinI Sett returned to India where
she is working on an Advanced diploma for
computer software programming,
Owen Fisher Glew and her husband
are in Baltimore, MD, She is studying at
John Hopkins Univ, School of Medicine,
Karen Hott works for a brokerage firm in
Richmond, VA: Jackie Holtzman '92 works
there also. Karen is living with Julie Brooks
'90, and is an alumnae-admissions rep
(AAR) for SBC, Arleigh Davis is the house
mother at the Pi Kappa Alpha house at W&L
and works as manager at Samanda's in
Lynchburg, Elliott Pitts is an art teacher lor
the Peace Corps in Ghana, Africa, Dawn
Monahan Nelson works for Virginia Blood
Services, She married Morgan Nelson 8/28/
93 Brice McRae and Mamie Farmer
were bridesmaids and other SBC'ers
attended, Mamie Farmer is the Tenant
Relations Administrator tor Riverfront Plaza
in Richmond. Brice McRae lives in
Valdosta, GA. Anne Crow is in Lexington,
KY, planning her wedding to Paul (W&L'90).
As lor me I am moving to Birmingham. AL
and hope to teach in the near future. The
class ot 1991 heard from 45% of the class.
Keep the cards and letters coming!
SWEET BRIAR
*E M AGAZII
Editor
NANCY GODWIN BALDWIN 57
AnIttanI Edllat
and Class Holes Edilo
NOREEN DONNELLY PARKER
Managing Editor
LOUISE SWIECKI ZINGARO '80
Dosign
Itie Design Group
Lynchburg, VA
Alumnao Board. Sweel 6rlar Alumnae Association
Julyl. 1993-June 30. 1994
Presideni
NANCY HUDLER KEUFFEL 62
Bloomtield Hills, Ml
Fitsl Vice Presidenl and
Director ol Clubs
MYTH MONNICH BAYOUD '80
Dallas, TX
Second Vice President
NATHALIE RYAN HOYT 12
Houston. TX
Thifd Vice President
and Alumnae Admissions
Representative Ctiair
LYNNE GARDNER DETMEH M
Norvralk, CT
Secretary
ANN YOUNG BLOOM '59
Wynnewood, PA
Treasurer
MARGARET (ROBIN)
CHRISTIAN RYAN 74
Wellesley, MA
Alumnae Fund Cttair
MILDRED (BEEI NEWMAN
THAYER '61
Madison, NJ
Nominating Cnair
ANNE MERCER KORNEGAY '66
Baton Rouge, LA
Academic Outieacn
Chair
ANNE WILSON ROWE '57
Fredericksburg. VA
Regional Ctiairs
MARY GARY AMBLER '67
Scarsdale, NY
MARJORIE MCGRAW
MCDONALD '60
Ruxlon. MO
SANDRA TAYLOR
CRAIGHEAD '74
Rictimond. VA
ANN BRUCE FAIRCLOTH 66
Surtside Beach. SC
LUCY DARBY COLE '78
Tampa. FL
LINDA MAE VISOCAN '87
Cleveland. OH
LILLIAN SINKS SWEENEY '80
East Grand Rapids. Ml
MARGARET STUART WILSON
DICKEY '41
New Orleans. U
MELANIE BOWENSTEGLICH -78
Dallas. TX
ELIZABETH (BETSY) MOORE
RICE '78
Phoenix. AZ
Memttera at-Large
KATHYRN HAW '92
Carrboro. NC
DEBRA ELKINS '93
College Station. TX
Members ol the Board ol Oireclors ol Sweet Briar
nominated by the Alumnae Association and elected
by the Board ot Directors ot Sweel Briar PATRICIA
NEALE VAN CLIEF '72. Nicholasville, KY, ETHEL OGDEN
BURWELL '58, Grosse Poinle Farms, Ml, MARSHA TAYLOR-
DELAtN '76, Dover, DE, MARY (MOLLIE) JOHNSON
NELSON '64, Looliout Mountain. IN
El Ofllcio: LYN DILLAflO GBONES '45. Virginia Beach. VA
Planned Giving Chair: ELIZABETH DOUCETT NEILL '42.
Soulhein Pines. NC, Boxwood Circle Chair and Fund Agent
Chair. JOOY RAINES BRINKIEY '57, Richmond, VA Annual
Fund Chair, VAUGHAN INGE MORRISSETTE '54, Mobile, AL,
Reunion Gills Chair, MARIE (MIMI) CHAPIN PLUMLEY '57,
Arlington, VA, Reunion Gihs Chair-elect, NANCY GODWIN
BALDWIN '57, Monroe, VA, Editoi, Alumnae Maga/ine,
LOUISE SWIECKI ZINGARO '80, Sweel Brrar, VA, Oireclor,
Alumnae Association
40
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
IN THE SWEET BRIAR TRADITION
Missie McGinnis McClain '54:
Securing the Future of the Past
"Gerhard Masur was a brilliant,
hrilliant European history profes-
sor with all the credentials you'd
expect from an intellect of his
caliber. He published five books,
spoke SLX languages, and traveled
extensively as a distinguished,
international scholar. He wrote
more articles and lectured at
more places — from Bogota, to
Berkeley, to Berlin — during a
career that spanned 50 years.
But, of all his achievements,
nothing can compare to what he
did for his students at Sweet
Briar.
Devoted alumna Missie McGinnis McClain rushed to make her
Campaign gift to Sweet Briar and is just now designating her
charitable unitrust in memory of beloved Professor Gerhard
Masur. "I've thought of Professor Masur many times over the
years," says Missie. "When I was teaching history, traveling,
reading, or watching the news, it's amazing how often his
lectures came to mind — and they still do! He had such an
incredible life: fleeing the Nazis, living in South America, al-
ways writing and receiving such accolades for his work. Pro-
fessor Masur could have lived and taught anywhere, but he
chose to stay with us. He loved Sweet Briar and we loved
him."
"In Professor Masur's classes,
students went from learning
history to really loving history.
His approach was so vivid and
engaging — so saUirated with
philosophy, music, art, architec-
ture, poetry, and literaaire —
that you couldn't help but be
enthralled, really swept up in the
time period and the people.
"Studying with Professor
Masur was a great privilege. It
was an opportunity that influ-
enced, and continues to enrich,
my entire life. How do you
match such an incredible gift?
You can't. But by designating my
Campaign gift to the College as a
scholarship in his name, I'm
hoping I can at least acknowl-
edge Professor Masur's contribu-
tion to Sweet Briar as an
outstanding scholar and mentor.
I'm also hoping that the plan 1
selected will allow my gift to
grow — though I suppose part
of that depends on where I st:md
on the actuarial tables!
"The way a Charitable Re-
mainder LInitnist works, the
assets I gave the College are
valued annually, but the percent-
age 1 have elected to receive in
income is fixed for life. If the
unitarst perfomis well, which
historically they tend to do, the
difference is plowed back into
trust. Every year, as the unitrust
continues to grow, I'll receive the
same percentage of a larger
investment. Plus, I'll always have
the option of adding to that
investment by making additional
gifts.
"1 also think alumnae should
know that Sweet Briar retains a
wonderful lawyer and planned
giving expert who can go over
the tax implications and answer
any other questions that come
up during the planning process.
His name is 'Winton C. Smith, Jr.
and, thanks to him, my gift was
not eaten up in consulting fees
before I got tlie chance to make it!
"Hopefully, I'll be speaking
with Mr. Smith again soon about
the prospect of making a more
immediate gift. The only down-
side to a unitaist is that it doesn't
go into effect until your death. If
we could pull together — that is,
myself and any other interested
alumnae — perhaps we could
hind the scholarship sooner. I
still have my European history
notes and I wonder how many
other students kept theirs, too.
For more information about
making a current or defened gift
to The Gerhard Masur Scholarship
in History or making a bequest of
any kind, please contact Mitchell
L. Moore. Vice President for
Dei'elopment, P. O. Box G. Siveet
Briar College. Sweet Briar.
Virginia 24595, (804) 381-6161.
DEPARTMENT OF SUMMER STUDIES
A summer lunch bunch gathers in the sunshine on the terrace outside Prothro Commons.
Riding Clinic
May 12-31 Schooling-Oriented Horse Show Series
May 16-18 Riding and Schooling Clinics I & II
May 27-29 Alumnae Reunion Weekend
July 3-10 Pony Club Tetrathlon
Dennis Van Der l\^eer Tennis Clinics
June 3-August 7
Dennis Van Der Meer, regarded by many as "The
Worid's Leading Tennis Teacher," will return to Sweet
Briar College to personally conduct his ongoing tennis
clinics. Along with his staff specialists, Dennis will
instruct professionals, adults, and juniors with his
innovative teaching techniques. For full details and
reservations, call Dennis' toll-free number: (800)
845-6138.
Givargis Soccer School
July 10-July 15 Clinic I
July17-July22 Clinic II
July 24-July 29 Clinic III
July 31 -August 5 Clinic IV
Jim Givargis, professional soccer player and coach, will
conduct four clinics (residential and commuter) open to
boys and girls ages 6-17. Coach Givargis and his
intemationally-qualified staff will provide intense technical
soccer training for these students on the SBC campus.
Suzuki Institute
July 22-July 24 Suzuki Orchestra and Faculty
July 24-July 30 Suzuki Music Institute I
July 31 -August 6 Suzuki Music Institute II
Alexander Technique
July 9-14
The Alexander Technique offers a joyful, systematic look
Into the underlying principles which govern human
movement. When applied, these principles guide us to a
dynamic experience of kinesthetic lightness, wherein
thinking becomes clearer, feeling accessible, sensations
livelier, and movement more pleasurable. Within this
fluid, more conscious condition, we find our actions and
interactions at once strengthened and refined, our sense
of time expanded, and our rapport with the environment
restored. Recommended for anyone who is physically
uncomfortable due to stress, postural ailments,
movement problems, old injuries, or poor self-image.
Also for performing artists, athletes, movement
educators, dance therapists, physical therapists,
counselors, and psychologists.
For information and brochures about these summer
programs, please contact: Archie Waldron, Director of
Summer Programs, P.O. Box L, Sweet Briar, VA 24595,
(804)381-6146.
' Please send information about the following programs: '
n Riding Clinics D Suzuki Institute
D Dennis Van Der Meer Clinics D Givargis Soccer School
D Alexander Technique
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LUMNAE MAGAZIN
Date: Summer 1994
To: The Sweet Briar Family
From: Barbara A. Hill,
President, Sweet Briar College
During its spring meetings on campus
April 21-23, Sweet Briar's Board of Directors
voted to allow our college farm gradually to
phase out its dairy operations.
This action comes as a result of a year-
long study of the dairy, initiated in March
1993 by our farm manager, Kyle Leonard.
Mr. Leonard, a gradu-
ate of the Dairy Man-
agement Program at
Virginia Polytechnic
Institute in Blacksburg,
raised concerns about
new environmental
directives that would
ultimately affect Sweet
Briar's dairy\ primarily
because of its physical
location in a small
valley above a stream.
After seeking
advice from the State
Extension Service, the
Soil Conserv^ation
Service, and a team of
experts from the Dairy
Management Program at 'Virginia Tech, and
hearing their recommendations, our Board
of Directors considered the possibility of
renovating the dairy or relocating it to an-
other part of Sweet Briar's 3,300 acre cam-
pus, but the expense of either of those
options would be prohibitive.
To renovate the dairy, these consultants
said we would have to install a manure
storage tank to handle milking parior waste
and all manure deposited around the dairy,
as well as an elaborate system of culverts to
prevent groundwater runoff to the stream
below. Relocating the dairy would mean
finding a suitable site and building to future
environmental specifications, which may
continue to change.
Sweet Briar's mission is as an educa-
tional institution, and our financial decisions
must support that mission. To divert sub-
stantial financial resources to the dairy at
this time would not support the current
needs of the College. The dairy's primary
purpose has not been as a profit-making
enterprise, but as a way to maintain vast
campus grounds without having to expend
financial resources.
As a way to continue to make the best
use of this farmland, we gradually will
phase in a beef cattle herd as we gradually
sell our dairy herd. 'We already are well
equipped for this
operation without
making substantial
financial investment
in new facilities. An
added bonus is the
fact that beef cattle
ha\'e far less environ-
mental impact on the
land. While we grew
corn to produce silage
for the dairy herd, the
beef catrie will graze,
thereby eliminating
any need for chemi-
cally fertilized corn-
fields. The College
will continue to ex-
plore other potential
uses for our farmland as well.
As en\ ironmental regulations become
more and more strict, the expense of com-
pliance has resulted in dairy farmers across
the country making similar decisions as
Sweet Briar. In fact, Sweet Briar's dairy is
the only one still in operation in Amherst
and Nelson counties. A State Extension
Service meeting last month in Harrisonburg
drew more than 200 concerned dairy farm-
ers from across the state to discuss these
issues.
Historically, dairies were located near
streams as a way to make use of the water
for cooling the milk, cleaning the milking
parlor, and for water for the cows. In recent
years, environmental agencies have focused
on dairies' locations as an environmental
concern.
Sweet Briar commends Kyle Leonard
for alerting the College to the potential
environmental problems with the dairy. 'We
are pleased that we have found such a good
alternative use for our farmland.
Answers to questions you may have:
QWas Sweet Briar's dairy issued a
citation by the Department of
Environmental Quality (DEQ)?
A Yes; this happened just this
March, more than a year after we
had been addressing these issues
ourselves. The focus of our study of the
dairy has been much broader than the
single area noted in the citation. We
were cited only for problems with runoff
from our milking parlor. The DEQ has
cited many dairies in the state for similar
violations recently, even the dairy farm
run by the Dairy Management Program
at Virginia Tech.
QWill the changeover from dairy
farming to beef farming mean a
loss of jobs?
A We have seven employees at the
dairy. We would expect that we
will need only two or three for the beef
herd, so we will be looking at only three
or four fewer employees. We are
exploring the possibility of using these
employees elsewhere.
Q
Why beef cattle?
A A land use expert on the team
from Virginia Tech helped us to
look at other uses for the land, every-
thing from other types of farming to
raising other kinds of livestock. Beef
cattle are the most logical choice and
will be an easy transition. We already
have some beef cattle, and buy and sell
them.
QWhat will happen to the present
dairy facilities? Will they be torn
down, or another use found for them?
A When the transition is complete,
equipment specifically used in
dairy farming will be sold. Some or most
of the buildings will be used by the farm
and its beef cattle enterprise.
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Molly Haskell '61 and Nancy Hudler Keuffel '62 chat at Boxwood Alumnae House (see page 2)
SUMMER 1 994
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■^^^ Slate for New Board Members of the Alumnae Association 8
^^ DER\RTMENTS
• 5^^ In the Spotlight 11
^^^ From the Museum 18
^S^^ Club Corner 20
^^^^1 Notices and Recent Deaths 23
--L - Mini Reunions 24
^S \ Class Notes 25
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ALUMNAEMAGAZINE 1
3 Nancy Hudler Keuffel '62, president of the
s Alumnae Association, introduced 1993 s
Distinguished Alumna at a special dinner
on April 22, 1994, in honor of the awardee
and the senior class, held during the spring
meetings of the Board of Directors and the
Alumnae Association Board.
It is with great pride and pleasure that
I present this evening, on behalf of the
Alumnae Association of Sweet Briar College,
the Distinguished Alumna Award to Molly
Haskell of the Class of 1961. Established in
1987, the award honors alumnae who have
brought distinction to themselves and to
Sweet Briar College through outstanding
accomplishments in a volunteer or profes-
sional capacity. As a renowned film critic
and author, Molly certainly has fulfilled
those requirements. At a conference at
Brown University, she was introduced as
"one of today's most perceptive media
critics." When we read Molly's exquisite,
lucid prose, and consider the impact she
has had on film, especially on our awareness
of the image of women in film, we feel a
deep sense of gratification that she is a
graduate of this college. We appreciate also
the fact that many of the articles written about
her refer to her education at Sweet Briar.
We are thrilled that Molly can be with
us tonight to accept her award. Normally it
is presented at the College's Opening Con-
vocation, but Molly had to be in Paris then,
in her capacity as artistic director of the
Sarasota French Film Festival, to view and
select films for that event. We also are
delighted to have Molly's brother, John
Haskell, and his wife Helen with us this
evening, and a group of Molly's classmates
and friends. From the Class of 1961: Mary
Kennedy Daly, Rose Burks Emery, Barbara
Childrey Fowler and her husband Calvin,
Marion Moltz Funkhouser, and Bee
Newman Thayer; and from the Class of
I960, Elizabeth Meade Howard.
As a student, Molly was outstanding in
both academic and extracurricular pursuits:
president of the freshman class and a
Dean's List student who spent her junior
year at the University of London, she was
active in Aints & Asses, Tau Phi, Campus
Chest, Orientation, May Day Committee, the
Molly Haskell
to';^^^£sM ALUMNA AWARD 1993
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
Feminism captured some of us with its vkion of women's possibilities,
but this was an idea that came natural kj to graduates«j)fjan institution
where women came first and onlu. ^^f^" em
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Freshman Show, the Senior Show, and tlie
Saccharine Thome Gang. After leaving
Sweet Briar, where she graduated Phi Beta
Kappa, Cum Laude, with Highest Honors in
English, she did graduate work at the
University of London and the Sorbonne. She
then moved to New York, where her first
job was as public relations associate for
Sperry Rand. From there she moved to her
first job involving movies, as a publicist for
the French Film Office, writing reviews of
French films for the American press. Later,
she landed a job at the Village Voice where
she met eminent film critic Andrew Sarris
whom she married in 1969. She then took a
job reviewing movies for New York Magazine.
In 1974 she published her first book, From
Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women
in the Movies, which traced the develop-
ment of women's roles in the movies from
the 1920s. This highly acclaimed book,
which was updated in 1987, is a staple for
college film courses. In 1980 Molly became
the film critic for Vogue, and also wrote
many free-lance film reviews for such maga-
zines as Ms, Esquire, and Mademoiselle. In
1990 she published her second book. Love
and Other Infectious Diseases, a memoir
based on her husband's near-fatal illness in
1984. (Her husband recovered and now
teaches at Columbia University and writes a
film column for the New York Obsener.)
Molly also teaches at Columbia, and writes
reviews for the New York Times and articles
for the journal Film Comment She often
appears on TV network shows including the
"Today" show and CBS Morning News.
This is Molly's third visit to Sweet Briar
as an alumna. In 1976, during the 75th
anniversary of the College's founding, she
gave a talk entitled '"Why Do We Need
Rituals?" and in 1983, on the occasion of the
inauguration of Sweet Briar's seventh presi-
dent. Dr. Nenah Fry, she spoke on "Images
of 'Women in European and American
Cinema." She spoke at Randolph-Macon
■Woman's College during a foreign film
series in 1978; gave a talk on "The Treat-
ment of Women in Films" at Hollins College
in 1987; and was a scholar-in-residence at
Salem College in Winston-Salem, North
Carolina in 1990. Molly does not speak only
about women in the media. In 1989 she
gave a lecture entitled "The Changing Roles
of Women and Men in Contemporary Film"
at the University of Richmond; also in 1989
she was one of a small group of prominent
participants in a conference at Brown Uni-
versity on "The Changing American Family."
Molly's session, which she co-chaired with
novelist and critic John Leonard, was called
"Through the Looking Glass: Media
Reflections of the Family."
Molly Haskell has become a leading
voice in the world of film. If there are any
students here who have not read at least
one of her reviews, 1 urge you to do so.
Molly's writing is breathtaking, exhilarating.
Here, to tempt you, is a tidbit from the May
12, 1991 New York Times Book Review in
which Molly reviewed Eric Lax's biography
of Woody Allen: "A puritanical streak, with
its concomitant notion of sin, runs through
his [Woody Allen's] films. In Alice, Mia
Farrow's convent-bred heroine must be
either a designer-dressed East Side matron
whose friends are obsessed with the means
offered by cosmetic surgery for staying
young, thin, and desirable, or a bom-again,
radiantly soap-scrubbed mama, living man-
less and surrounded by children on the
Lower East Side. Give us a break. Woody!
Surely there is something between Mother
Teresa and liposuction."
Let me end with another quotation from
Molly, again from the New York Times Book
Review. In a December 19, 1993 review of
Susan Ware's biography of Amelia Earhart,
Molly wrote: "Ainelia Earhart. ..turns out to
be a heroine for all seasons, someone who,
as she emerges in this informative feminist
biography, can be loved by groups that
might normally be at loggerheads: men and
women, mothers and daughters, feminists
and nonfeminists."
I apply these words to Molly Haskell
herself Although "a well-known feminist" —
to use Time magazine's phrase — she is
respected and admired by both sexes and
all groups. She is indeed a thinker and
writer for all seasons. Sweet Briar College is
immensely proud of her and her achieve-
ments. Without further adoc.J.Gpnfer-'upon
her the Distinguished Alumna Award.
Molly Haskell:
Thank you, Nancy, for an overwhelm-
ing introduction. And you, Barbara iHill],
and all of you responsible for choosing me
for this wonderful award. It's wonderful to
see familiar faces — Toni Nelson and Dick
Rowland — and classmates and friends —
Mandy and Mary Hunter who've come a
long way at great inconvenience; Babs and
Cal; and from Chariottesville R.B. and
Elizabeth; Bee who's on the Board; my
brother and sister-in-law Helen.
The note that must be struck is that of
change — the number of changes, the terrify-
ing pace of change in roles and attitudes of
the last 30 years. It's customary on these
occasions to say one's alma mater has
prepared one for the road ahead, but with
all due respect, I don't think anything could
have prepared me for the social convulsions
that have greeted the Class of '61, liberating
us, sabotaging us, or a little of both.
We've had to question and sometimes
reverse all the cardinal rules, the most dra-
matic one being that instead of expecting to
marry and give ourselves over for safekeep-
ing to a man, women now assume they will
have to work and be self-supporting, and
live alone for long stretches of their lives.
This has been a sea change in the way we
view ourselves and the worid. When I look
at my students I envy their sense of focus,
and I have mixed feelings about their ap-
parent lack of romantic illusions. When I
show films from the thirties, forties, fifties,
even sixties, I might as well be showing
films in another language or from another
planet. Romance — what's that? Women who
give up everything for love! Women who, if
they have a career, must pay for it by losing
their femininity and the man — unless they
reform, or allow themselves to be reformed,
into a "real woman." The repression of
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AW.RENCE
ARABIA
SWEET BRIAR RECRUITEK'
^he ^alhs af^'^ate and Bestiny work in mysletiom wa^s, anB q^ believe
the course to btina me to c^weet (^^tiat beaan some 30 ueats ago under
the in'^luence o^ a brilliant red sun.
This article originally appeared in the
Winter 1993 issue of the Sweet Briar College
Library Gazette; excerpts are reprinted here
with permission.
While we were sitting at home in
England, browsing through college catalogs,
trying to make an informed decision as to
which scholarships to apply for, my father
noticed that Sweet Briar College has a rare
book collection. To be more specific, the
Evelyn Day Mullen '31 T. E. Lawrence
Collection. The decision had been made; I
am at Sweet Briar (in part) due to a book
collection! The paths of fate and destiny
work in mysterious ways, and I believe the
course to bring me to Sweet Briar began
some 30 years ago under the influence of a
brilliant red sun.
In 1965 my parents went to see David
Lean's epic film Lawrence of Arabia, which
stars Peter O'Toole in the title role, along
with an impressive supporting cast of,
amongst others, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn,
and Claude Rains. There is one particular
scene in this film, comprised of two inter-
changing shots: a man staggering, helpless,
across the Nefudh Desert, no water, no
BY ANDREA J. BUCK
1993-94 Visiting Student from Royal
Holloway College, Great Britain
shelter, and no camel to ride upon; and the
sun, an enormous, oppressive sun which
fills the screen. At this point I think I must
have had my first significant communication
from my mother, who, heavily pregnant with
me, began to feel "the effects of the heat."
As with all films, one is never quite
sure of its accuracy, and so when my father
was given a copy of the Seven Pillars of
Wisdom, written by T. E. Lawrence, the
gaps in the film were filled, and a more
personal perspective of Lawrence's time in
Arabia emerged. Yet this was only one
aspect of his life; my father wanted to know
more. During subsequent readings he came
across a photograph of Lawrence taken at
Bridlington on the 26th of February, 1935,
the day he retired from the Royal Air Force.
In it Lawrence shows an uncanny resem-
blance to my great-grandfather, who also
was named Thomas Edward. So now there
was a personal affinity which made
Lawrence of special interest.
In 1969, while we were on holiday in
the south of England, we took our first visit
to Clouds Hill in Dorset. This is the house
Lawrence initially rented, then bought, the
extensive improvements to which were
made possible by the proceeds from his
translation of Homer's Odyssey. On that day
an elderly lady took our admission, and
conducted a tour of the house. Even though
I was only four at the time, I can remember
it well; the gramophone in the Music Room,
the leather divan in the Book Room. What I
remember particularly is the lovely musty
smell of leather and old books. It is pos-
sible, though by no means certain, that the
lady who took our admission that day was
Mrs. Knowles, who lived in the cottage over
the road, and had been friends with
Lawrence during the time he was at Clouds
Hill. After Lawrence's death, his brother A.
W. Lawrence presented the house to The
National Trust as part of a memorial to him.
It is interesting that the more one reads
and learns about Lawrence, the more fasci-
nating he becomes. When, in 1922, he
enlisted in the RAF, he took the name of
Ross. Having been discharged due to his
true identity being discovered, he enlisted
in the tank corps as T. E. Shaw. He traveled
widely as a boy and a young undergradu-
ate, visiting France, Palestine, Egypt, and
Greece, and lived in many places during the
early years of his life. I think that it can be
the smallest, sometimes most tenuous asso-
ciations that can carry the greatest signifi-
cance; for example, the resemblance in the
Bridlington photograph. And for us as a
family, the fact that he was born in
Tremadoc in North Wales, has great impor-
tance, as we have many ties, both family
and private interests, in the area. Even
before my father knew Lawrence had been
born there, it was his favorite place to be.
The diverse aspects of this man fuel
one's interest. As my father says, "He is a
thoroughly interesting chap who did and
saw so much." Amongst his many friends.
Andrea Buck
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
he counted Thomas Hardy, E. M. Forster,
Winston Churchill, and Sir Hugh Trenchard,
Air Marshall of the RAF. His friendship with
the Astor family has led to much specula-
tion, particulariy regarding the white roses
placed every August upon his grave, to
mark the anniversary of his birthday. Who
sends the flowers, and from where, nobody
knows. The fact that some things about him
remain undiscovered adds to the intrigue.
As Winston Churchill wrote in a letter
dated 4th March 1954, "It is the measure of
his greatness that his multiple achievement
has passed beyond opinion into history." * I
think it is the mix of historical legend with
the inevitable dose of romanticism which
appeals to many people, including me. To
realize that there is more is the important
and fascinating thing. As B. H. Liddell Hart
wrote, " 'Lawrence of Arabia' remains a vital
figure in the history of our times." "
As I feel this to be so, the library and
students at Sweet Briar are very fortunate to
have such a collection of books, amassed
for them through the generosity of the
principal donor, Evelyn Day Mullen. For me,
the library has been an invaluable support to
my chosen studies at Sweet Briar, in courses
which are not available to me in England.
As T. E. Lawrence aspired with his writing, I
too aspire, through education, diversity of
opinion, and emphasis on perspectives, all
of which are present at Sweet Briar.
'The Home Letter ofT. E. Lawrence and
His Brothers, p.xii. Basil Blackwell. Oxford
1954.
"The National Trust publication Clouds
Hill, p.3.
Andrea glowed as she spoke of her year's
experiences at SBC. Noting "the feeling that
students and alumnae have for this place, "
she expressed thanks for the "generous schol-
arship" which allowed her to be here, "in the
right place at the right time" [in her lifej. She
has participated in "so many things I never
thought of, " including tennis, fencing, a
course in beginning painting, a practicum
involving work in the Pannell Gallery, and a
"fabulous art history course with Professor
Laing. "Andrea lingered until mid-fuly to
work in the gallery, then was joined by her
family for travel to New York state. Cape
Cod, New Hampshire, and Canada before
returning to England for her final year at
Royal Holloway.
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earlier films is completely baffling to
them; women and men who, because of
the strictures of the Production Code that
governed movies until the '60s, were not
allowed to indulge in what the Hays
Office called "lewd behavior" — i.e. going
to bed together, kissing for longer than
three seconds.
Hitchcock got around that in
Notorious, with the famous kiss between
Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant that,
thanks to judicious interruptions, was
prolonged for three minutes. That's my
kind of movie, and represents a bias for
which I've been criticized by some
feminist film theorists.
We were on the threshold of a
decade of political ferment. Feminism
captured some of us with its vision of
women's possibilities, but this was an
idea that came naturally to graduates of
an institution where women came first
and only. I cheered from the sidelines as
Sweet Briar held out against the national
tide in favor of coeducation. Now public
opinion is coming around to the realiza-
tion that education is not always gender
blind, and that single sex institutions pay
attention to women and take them
seriously at a time when many need it,
when they might not take themselves
seriously.
We enjoyed female bonding before
it had a label. There were glorious
moments, hours, evenings of pranks and
hilarity in the all-female privacy of
smokers (God forbid). We were defi-
nitely environmentally incorrect!
There were brilliant teachers that
we didn't have to share with noisy or
distractingly attractive male students.
One of these, Richard Rowland, is here
tonight, as is the widow of another, Dr.
Lawrence Nelson. These were men who in
sharing their passion for English literature
inspired more than one generation of
students, and I am here to thank them
both for shaping my taste and steering
me toward my commitment to a life of
words and images. When I remember
them, it's not so much for what they
said — though that, too — as for the sound
of their voices and the expressions on
their faces when reading or reciting a
particularly glorious passage from
Shakespeare or Pope or Emily Dickinson
or Milton.
In my graduating class, the emphasis
was very much on marriage. Probably
from the example of my friends here
tonight, a large percentage did find
happiness in marriage and family — and
then something. That then something
might be career, volunteer work, or
vocation, or a combination of the above,
before, during, or after children. Those
of us who wanted to do something a
little different, didn't have "role models,"
but we've stumbled along by fits and
starts, finding our way by trial and error,
establishing some synthesis of what
Freud designated the twin poles of life,
love and work.
I can only wish you of the graduat-
ing class even wider choices without loss
of focus. I'm sure that the ties that unite
us tonight on this resplendent campus,
with its memories and its challenges, are
stronger than the thirty years and tumul-
tuous world events that have come
between.
Recipients of the
Distinguishied Alumna Award
1988 Dorothy Bottom Duffy '49
Diana Muldaur Dozier '60
Karin Lawson '74
1989 Hallam Hurt '67
1 990 Virginia Upchurch Collier '72
Katherine Upchurch Takvorian '72
1991 Ann Henderson Bannard '49
Sadie Gwin Allen Blackburn '45
1 992 Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp '68
1993 Molly Haskell Sarris '61
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/ight...thi,s is the word which, for me,
most aptly describes Sweet Briar's trip
to France. Bright sunlight bathed the
southern landscapes of Provence and
the Dordogne, burning images into our
memories. French and European history lit
up, coming alive, as we walked famous
sites. We were enlightened by a new under-
standing of the inspiration and use of light
in painting as we walked in the same places
Van Gogh, Cezanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, and
so many other Impressionists did. Best of all,
laughter lightened our days as our congenial
group enjoyed precious moments together.
How appropriate that our first day was
spent on the high-speed train from Paris to
Avignon, whizzing at 150 mph through
spectacular countryside lit intermittently with
the sunshine which blessed most of our trip.
Flashes of light skimmed across the endless
SWEET BRIAR'S ALUMNAE COLLEGE TOUR, MAY 1994
umike Be
Jim and Lynne Detmer
I fields and vineyards as the terrain sped by in
5 a blur of colors and impressions presaging
6 the days to come.
I In Aries, we stayed in a converted 17th-
century Carmelite convent (the Hotel Jules
Cesar), complete with chapel and cloistered
gardens. Our stay was highlighted by a
cocktail party hosted by Barbara and John
Hill and Louise Zingaro, welcoming us to a
wonderful 10 days in special places. In Aries
we saw ancient Roman sites with Denise
Pescataing, our warm and friendly French
guide — a walking encyclopedia on France,
art, history, and agriculture, and a perfect
ambassadress for her country. We fanned
out to Aix-en-Provence one day, Avignon
with the Palace of Popes the next, returning
through the Camargues, vast flat fields of
fruit trees, grain and seed fields, and hay
fields dotted with cattle and the white
horses indigenous to the region. We bused
to Nimes, Uzes, Pont du Card with its soar-
ing aqueduct, and Les Baux-en-Provence, a
medieval fortress city perched on a rock.
Each place has its own fascinating history.
But it's the light I remember.
White .sunlight suffuses southern France,
illuminating the landscape with the brilliance
BY LYNNE GARDNER DETMER '68
inspirational to so many Impresssionist
painters. Color is everywhere — the deep
purples and pale blues of irises; bright yel-
low fields of rape in full bloom; the startling
reds of vast fields of poppies; subtle soft
greens of trees and truck gardens; an infinite
variety of soft beiges and greys; and the
incredible blue of the clear sky stretching
seemingly forever behind ochre and terra-
cotta roofs and hills.
We followed Van Gogh's footsteps in
Aries and Aix-en-Provence, led by artist Jill
Steenhuis Ruffato '80. We saw many famous
places painted by Van Gogh: the bridge in
Aries, the cafe, the hospital, and the gar-
dens. We were especially fortunate to see
Cezanne's Chateau Noir, normally closed to
the public, where Jill maintains a studio. We
saw what these Impressionists saw and
interpreted with such vision! The same
perspective-altering white light shimmered
for us, as for them. We walked in their
spaces, learning to imbue "reality" with color
to enhance that reality (as Van Gogh did
with the cafe in the center of Aries, trans-
forming its original dull color into char-
treuse). The sky, the earth, the flowers
present an inspirational palette for artists.
Speaking of light, Jill's face is itself a
study. Her smile brightens a room. Passion
and dedication glow in her face as she speaks
of the lessons of the master painters, of her
"fever to create," and of grace defined as
"going beyond yourself in your work. We
all enjoyed the time with this accomplished
Sweet Briar alumna, learning from her from
the "inside" what it is like to be an artist. Jill
was a gracious hostess both at her studio at
Chateau Noir, and at her home, a charming
country house reminiscent of the one de-
scribed by Peter Mayle in A Year in Provence.
Laughter leavened our days as we
learned firsthand that Peter Mayle's books
on the people of Provence are true to char-
acter. For instance, Jill and Serge's house is
tucked away at the end of a narrow lane in
the middle of poppy and grain fields. I have
indelible images etched in my memory of
the expressions on the faces of the French
couple who were minding their own busi-
ness, relaxing on their front porch at the end
of the day, when this huge tour bus loaded
with gawking American tourists came
cautiously down their country drive (we're
talking about a mere padi through the fields)
and kept right on "trucking." I shall also
treasure the sight of our conscientious.
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
SBC'S Alumnae College group in France, May 1994 1st row, l-r: Emily Thompson Gable '55; Wally Evans Landrum '46; Frances Bailey
Brooke '38; Elizabeth Johnston; Anne Corbitt Little '34; William Barrett; Harriet Shanklin; Arie Jones Wittke '46; Sarah Tarns Kreker '39; Anne
Macfarlane Clark '45. 2nd row, l-r: Bob Gable; Baylor Landrum; George Brooke; Charles Clark; Lucy Gordan Jeffers '39; Jim Detmer; SBC
President Barbara Hill; Lynne Gardner Detmer '68; Anne Sinsheimer '51; John Hill; Mary Balest; former SBC Dean Catherine Sims; Bernie
Ardemagni, mother of Cara Ardemagni '92; John Twohy; Peggy Addington Twohy '48; Bradley Hale, SBC Board of Directors; Anne Sheffield Hale '54,
Diane King Nelson '48, Harry R. Nelson.
red-headed bus driver, Jeanot, and the
farmer in whose driveway/farmyard we were
supposed to turn around, gesticulating vehe-
mently during a complicated duet of rapid-
fire French vernacular. Luckily, we could not
understand all, and so left them to their
"conversation" about footing, quagmires,
wheels, the vagaries of the tourist business
and transportation in general. We assumed
that they finished their discussion a la Mayle
by sharing some pastis in the farmer's kitchen.
Off to Alba via Carcassonne... Carcassonne
with bright blue sky glowing through its
double medieval ramparts. Albi, our home
for two nights, is a city not to be missed! Its
cathedral is magnificent; the Toulouse-
Lautrec Museum is a gem; its brick bridges
grace the Tarn River with lovely vistas in all
directions. From Albi we bused to Conques,
Cordes, a charming 13th-century village, and
Rocamadour, a tiered village overlooking the
Dordogne River with a famous pilgrimage
chapel at the top of 216 steps with stations
of the cross marking the way. Again, it's the
light 1 shall remember most.
The contrast of light from outside to
inside in Albi's great cathedral necessitates
several moments of adjustment. Then one
sees the gorgeous painted blue ceiling, and
the huge 18th-century organ on which Cesar
Franck played, with its multitude of carved
wooden cherubs. The organ box is deco-
rated with a graphic painting of the Day of
Judgment, Heaven, and Hell. The contempo-
rary altar, inlaid with semiprecious stones in
glowing stained glass colors, is illuminated
from above and adorned with exquisite
fresh flowers asymmetrically arranged. An
elaborate carved stone reredos of saints and
martyrs separates the ambulatory from the
chapel. Like Notre Dame in Paris, the power
and wealth of the medieval church is palpable
in such magificence. As in all the sacred
places we visited, the faithful still practice
their religion, graciously tolerating tourists.
The Toulouse-Lautrec Museum, a special
jewel of a museum hou.sed in the palace,
chronicled his growth as a painter. We saw
his unusual use of light coming from below
his subjects, and use of spots of colored
pastel here and there on his drawings.
Rainbow weather accompanied us to
Cordes and Rocamadour, towns which have
commanding views of the surrounding
countryside. Light played in wonderful
patterns over the fields and small hills,
tricking the eye. Many of the streets are
narrow and winding, with slivers of light
streaking across the cobblestones, and sur-
prises around each comer — flowers here, a
cat on a windowsill there, and colorful
shutters at each window.
Of course, an ineffable "lightness of
being" pursued us in our travel travails.
Detours on several journeys plunked us
onto tiny, twisting secondary (really tertiary)
routes. Reminiscent of the astonishment of
Jill's neighbors were the looks of unsuspect-
ing drivers taking the inside corners on one
small road when they saw our humongous
tour bus coming the other way! One French
woman must have put a hole through the
firewall behind her brake pedal as she
screeched to a stop before a narrow bridge.
Her wondering "Merde!" is echoing still. The
gendarmes were going to send us back, but
decided that we were less of a hazard going
forward than trying to turn around. Once
again, the gesturing, nodding, and "colorful"
French could have been right out of a book!
Montignac.Ah, Montignac and the
Chateau de la Fleunie, a magic spot on a
plain next to the Dordogne... What special
memories we have of our stay in the
Chateau: laughter as we mingled on the
western "terrasse" before dinner in a brilliant
sunset, comparing notes on our rooms and
the style to which we would like to become
accustomed. From the Chateau we traveled
to the Caves of Lascaux, Les Eyzies (close to
Cro-Magnon Man), and Sarlat, where we
took a walking tour. And the light...
Our awe-inspiring trip to the perfect
replica of the protected Caves of Lascaux
plunged us into the dawn of history. We
came face-to-face with the spirits of sophisti-
cated artists painting what is believed to be
a shrine in stunning natural colors derived
from ground-up stones (hematite, lapis,
ochre). The magnitude of their accomplish-
ment and their artistry were greater than any
of us expected. There is great motion in the
animals depicted — mostly bulls, horses, and
deer — as well as perspective, story-telling,
symbolism, and a sense of wonder. It seems
that man has valued art and artists always.
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ALUMNAE MAGAZINE
Linda Mae Visocan
Kathy Garcia Pegues
Slate for New Board Members
of the Alumnae Association
The slate shall be approved by the Board at its
spring meeting, and upon approval will be
published in the alumnae magazine. If no further
nominations are received w/ithin two weeks, the
slate shall be considered elected by consent. If additional
nominations are received, the selection of the candidates
will rest with the Executive Committee of the Alumnae
Association.
Positions to be reelected for a second term:
Region VIII Chair
Margaret Stuart Wilson Dickey '41
New Orleans, Louisiana
Alumnae Fund Chair
Mildred "Bee" Newman Thayer '61
Madison, New Jersey
SECOND VICE
PRESIDENT
Linda Mae Visocan '87
Cleveland, OH
Alumnae Association:
Region VI chair '91-'9-4; Board of
Directors '87 (Elected by senior
class, resigned because of SBC
Development Office staff position).
Career and Community:
International Affairs major; QV;
jr class vice president; student
government president; varsity
sports council; academic affairs
committee; resident advisor;
varsity swim team. Manager,
Cleveland Joan & David
Boutique. Board of Trustees,
Catherine Horstmann Home;
Cleveland Playhouse Junior
Committee; Historic 'Warehouse
District Committee. "I have
treasured my college days at
SBC and am so glad to come
back twice a year for the
Alumnae Board meetings."
THIRD VICE
PRESIDENT
Kathleen 'Kathy" Garcia Pegues '71
(Mrs. John K. Pegues IV)
'Warrenton, VA
Alumnae Association:
Elected by senior class to SBC
Board of Directors 1971-73; AAR.
Career and Community:
M. Ed. 1974, UVA, English
Education. English major, SBC;
sergeant-at-arms, student gov-
ernment; Chung Mungs; Sweet
Tones; varsity hockey; head of
hockey; varsity lacrosse, All-
Virginia Second Team; chapel
choir. Secondary language arts
instructor, Fauquier High
School, Warrenton. Regional
coordinator, CROP Hunger 'Walk
1978-88; education chairman,
Fauquier Board of Directors,
S.P.C.A. 1975-85; professional
clown, donating services to
Retarded Citizens, Jaycees,
Special Olympics, church
picnics. Deacon, member of
Sanctuary Choir, Warrenton
Presbyterian Church. Received
Fellowship Award, Committee
for Excellence in Education,
Fauquier County, VA: a cash
award she used to travel to Haiti
to help construct a school.
Husband is assistant principal,
Fauquier High School. Daughter
Emily, 15; son John, 12. "I am
delighted to be nominated for
Board membership. Sweet Briar
has meant so much to my life.
As I have said many times, next
to my choice of a husband,
Sweet Briar was the best
decision I ever made. I am
gratified to have several of my
former students in attendance
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
Jane Tatman Walker
Gail Ann Zarwell Winkler
Faith Rahmer Croker
Claire Dennison Griffith
SECRETARY
Jane Tatman Walker '60
(Mrs. Frank D. Walker)
Indianapolis, IN 46240
Alumnae Association:
President, co-president, vice
president, secretary, bulb chairman,
AAR of Indianapolis SBC Club.
Career and Community:
American History major; judicial
board; Y.W.C.A. president, secre-
tary; glee club; choir; Sweet
Tones; Orientation; student gov-
ernment; freshman show; Sweel
Briar News. Part owner, director
& vice president, Tatman, Inc.;
part owner, director, chairman of
Executive Committee, The Win-
chester Sun- shareholder, director,
president. News Examiner Co.,
Inc; director, vice president,
Walker Family Foundation, Inc.;
director, membership co-chair-
man. Arthritis Foundation Indiana
Chapter. Four grown children,
sons Steven, 35, Kevin, 30; daugh-
ters Leah, 33, Katherine, 28.
Husband is chairman and CEO,
Walker Group. Aunt: Josephine
Tatman Mason '29. "It would be a
pleasure and honor to serve on
the Alumnae Board. I feel very
strongly that there is a need for
options in education, especially
the option of attending a women's
college. I would welcome the
opportunity to reinforce that belief
and Sweet Briar's role as awomen's
college now and in the future."
ACADEIVIIC
OUTREACH CHAIR
Gail Ann Zarwell Winkler '76
(Mrs. John B. Winkler)
Neenah, 'WT
Alumnae Association:
AAR; 1976, 1986 Reunion Gifts
Committee.
Career and Community:
M.B.A., Business Administration,
UVA, 1981, Sydney F. Small
Scholar, Faculty Award for
Academic Excellence; M.S.,
Nuclear Engineering, University
of Michigan, 1979, Marian Sarah
Parker Award. Physics & Chemistry
major, SBC; student guide; Tau
Phi; riding council; Dean's List;
Phi Beta Kappa; Magna Cum
Laude, James Lewis Howe Award,
VA Blue Ridge Section, American
Chemical Society; American
Chemical Society Award in
Analytical Chemistry; American
Institute of Chemistry Medalist.
Formerly planning analyst, busi-
ness development specialist. The
Standard Oil Co., Cleveland, OH.
Service Club of Milwaukee;
American Cancer Society volun-
teer; Lakewood Little Theatre;
Junior League of Cleveland; Jun-
ior League of Dayton; Neenah
First Presbyterian Church Personnel
Committee; The King's Daughters
Service Circle, secretary. Husband
in business. Daughter Laura, 7;
son William, 6. "The experiences I
enjoyed at Sweet Briar are very
special to me. I look forward to
the opportunity to give something
back, and to help young women
to benefit as I did from all SBC
has to offer."
REGION III CHAIR
Faith Rahmer Croker '54
(Mrs. Robert V. Croker, Jr.)
Williamsburg, VA
Alumnae Association:
Class Reunion Gifts Committee,
1989, 1994; class fund agent; AAR
and SBC Club president. Long
Island; co-president. Peninsula
[VA] SBC Club.
Career and Community:
Economics major, Curtj Laude,
social committee; Chung Mungs,
sr class treasurer. 1954-1985 held
positions as manager. Customer
Services, Third Floor, Lord &
Taylor, NYC; gala coordinator for
Concert Theatre, Long Island
University; sales associate, Merrill
Lynch Real Estate; corporate
secretary, C B. Beardsley Co.,
Inc. Parents Board, Hampton Roads
Academy, VA; Bruton Parish
Church, Williamsburg, VA, chair-
man of office volunteers, co-chair.
Pastoral Care, delegate to Dioc-
esan Convention, tutor in Adopt a
School Program. Tercentenary
Volunteer at William & Mary;
nominating committee, Christopher
Wren Association (lifelong learn-
ing). Husband deceased. SBC
daughters Susan '84, Sally '92; son
Robert III, senior at Hampden-
Sydney. Sister-in-law; Jean Croker
McMillan '54. "I would be happy
to serve the Alumnae Association
Board!"
REGION V CHAIR
Claire Dennison Griffith '80
(Mrs. Luther T. Griffith)
Atlanta, GA
Alumnae Association:
President, treasurer, networking
directory chair, coordinator of
January Term student intern-
ships. New York SB Club; AAR,
Northern NJ SB Club; AAR chair,
president, Atlanta SB Club.
Career and Community:
Economics major; Student Af-
fairs representative; jr. class
president; president, student
government; lacrosse & hockey
teams; Who's Who Among Students
in American Universities and
Colleges. Former equity trader
specialist, assistant vice president,
Merrill Lynch, NYC. Family Service
Association Board, Summit, NJ;
treasurer. Summit Jr. League;
Atlanta Children's Shelter Board;
Atlanta Botanical Garden volun-
teer; Atlanta Jr. League; Peachtree
Garden Club. Husband Luther self-
employed, investment counseling.
Sons Ted, 8; Charlie, 21 months.
Sister-in-law Frances Griffith
Laserson '70.
ALUMNAE MAGAZINE
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Jo Ann Soderquist Kramer
Lynne Manov Sprinskey
Amelia McDaniel
Nancy Hall Green
NATIONAL REUNION
GIVING CHAIR-ELECT
Jo Ann Soderquist Kramer '64
(Ms. Jo Ann S. Kramer)
Longwood, FL
Alumnae Association:
Co-chair, Reunion Gifts Commit-
tee '94, 30th Reunion; Reunion
Gifts Committee, 25th; class ftjnd
agent, president, secretary.
Career and Community:
Masters in Aerospace Engineering,
'67: first woman to obtain gradu-
ate degree from UVA School of
Engineering; Sigma Xi (engineer-
ing honor society). Physics major,
SBC, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude,
treasurer, vice president, student
government; head, Interclub
Council; Orientation; Sweet Briar
News; Who's Who in American
Universities and Colleges, Bum
Chums; Freshman Honors; senior
show cast; Young Republicans;
lake council; senior advisor;
Lecture and Concerts Committee.
Career: aerospace engineer,
Martin-Marietta Corporation,
Orlando, FL. Wrote textbook
Configuration Identification,
published by Electronic Industries
Association; member, Martin
Marietta Management Club. "I will
do my best to serve Sweet Briar
well. How can you say no to
Sweet Briar?!"
FUND AGENTS CHAIR
Evelyn "Lynne" Manov Sprinsky '71
(Mrs. 'William H. Sprinsky)
Montoursville, PA
Alumnae Association:
Reunion Gifts Committee '91. 20th
Reunion; fund agent; AAR; class
secretary.
Career and Community:
Modem Languages major; Sweet
Tones; Paint & Patches; Tau Phi;
judicial board; sr class president;
rider four years. Now a free-lance
technical writer. Choir, lay reader at
church; Altar Guild; member of the
Secretariat for Episcopal Diocese
of Central PA. Husband Bill is
associate professor of Engineering
Technology, Pennsylvania College
of Technology. Daughter Judith,
27; son Matthew, 14. "I'd love to
live there [Sweet Briar] if Bill
could find something to teach —
or I could!"
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
(Elected by the Class of 1994)
Amelia McDaniel '94
Nashville, TN
Amelia graduated Magna Cum
Laude, Art History major, Studio
Art minor; Arts Management
Certificate. Recipient of the
Walker Family Award, the
Kathryn Haw Prize in Art History,
the Student Government Service
Award. Sweet Briar Scholar;
Freshman Honors; Honors Pro-
gram student; Academic Affairs
Committee; QV; Brambler staff;
student hostess & panel speaker
(Admissions); editor. Sweet Briar
College Friends of Art Newsletter,
class president; Who 's Who
Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges-, teaching
assistant. Art History Department;
Peer Tutor Coordinator, Dean's
Office; student assistant, Aca-
demic Resource Center; Resident
Advisor (dormitory); Habitat
for Humanity Advisory Board,
volunteer.
NOMINEE FOR THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Nancy Hall Green '64
(Mrs. Holcombe T. Green, Jr.)
Atlanta, GA
Alumnae Association:
Co-chair, Reunion Gifts Commit-
tee '94, 30th Reunion; Co-chair,
Atlanta Community Campaign;
SBC Campaign Advisory Commit-
tee; Atlanta bulb chair; Alumnae
Board Region V chair.
Career and
Community:
English major; Campus Chest,
Orientation, Sweel Briar News
editorial board; Briar Patch;
Brambler, freshman show cast;
senior show cast; senior advisor.
Emory University Board of
'Visitors; Spelman College Board
of Trustees (Executive Committee,
Committee for Institutional
Advancement, chair); Atlanta
Opera Executive Committee
(chair, Individual Gifts); Schenck
School Advisory Board. Founding
Board Member of the Atlanta
Speech School Guild and Atlanta
Women's Network; Junior League
of Atlanta (president); Metro
Adanta Crime Commission (chair);
United Way of Metro Atlanta
(Board); Leadersfiip Atlanta
(Board); Atlanta Botanical Garden
Associates; Planned Parenthood
Advisory Council; Dickinson Col-
lege Parents Council. Husband
Holcombe also served on SBC
Campaign Advisory Council. Two
sons, Holcombe T. Ill, 25; Frank,
22. "I would be honored to repre-
sent the Alumnae Association on
Sweet Briar's Board of Directors."
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Au Revoir, But Not Farewell!
ay 3, 1994, the Sweet Briar
Community gathered at a gala
picnic in the Quad to honor with
great fondness five people who retired from
service to the College. Barbara Blair,
Mitchell J. Carpenter, James H. Rose,
Dorothy L. Sales, and Harold M. Swisher
have logged nearly 175 years among them.
• Barbara Blair came to Sweet Briar as
an assistant professor of chemistry in 1962.
A biochemist by training, her interest in
science is broad. She has delved into areas
far beyond her original training, such as the
origins of life, toxicology, recombinant DNA
technology, and nuclear weapons and arms
control. From nutrition and health to envi-
ronmental problems, her far-ranging inter-
ests are exemplified in the diverse set of
Winter Term courses she has taught.
She served as dean of the College from
1974-1977. She chaired the Chemistry
Department during three different three-year
rotations, served five years as half-time
assistant academic dean, and has headed
most of the College's major committees. She
has been active in the United Chapters of
Phi Beta Kappa and in the Virginia Blue
Ridge Section of the American Chemical
Society.
•James Rose has given 35 years of
exceptional service to Sweet Briar. He
began working in the dormitories, then
transferred to the Library in 1959, becoming
one of the most valuable members of the
library staff.
An all-around fine person and a gentle-
man in every sense of the word, he has
been asked to perform many tasks over the
years, all of which he did willingly and
cheerfully. He is much respected for his
integrity, faithfulness, and sense of humor.
• Dorothy Sales retires after 48 years of
official service, but having been born in the
cabin behind Sweet Briar House, she has
been associated with the College all of her
life. She "trained" each of the full-time
managers of the Book Shop. Always taking
pride in her work and greater pride in the
appearance of the Book Shop, she handled
her duties in shipping and receiving with
enthusiasm and good cheer.
In 1988, the Virginia College Store
Association named her "Employee of the
Year." This year, seniors elected her an
honorary member of the Class of 1994,
presenting her with a graduation robe and
class ring. She looks forward to gardening,
fishing, and traveling during retirement.
•Mitchell Carpenter started work at
SBC in November 1962 as a housekeeper.
In July 1984, he transferred to the Power
House as a mechanical helper, where he
remained until his retirement in September
1993.
Always willing to do anything asked of
him, whenever he was asked what goal he
would like to achieve, he had a stock an-
swer: "I would like to retire from Sweet
Briar." He made it, and he'll be missed!
• Harold Swisher has served in several
capacities since he joined the staff more
than 29 years ago. His expertise in horticul-
ture, his major area of study at Virginia
Tech, has greatly benefited the College
during his tenure as director of grounds,
and on the Land Use Committee. He also
established the College's Materials Manage-
ment and Hazardous 'Waste Department.
Having planned a joint retirement with
his wife, Betty, he looks forward to his new
lifestyle. He won't be far away, though,
having agreed to serve as a consultant to
the College's Land Management Program.
All of us at Sweet Briar are indebted to
Barbara, James, Dorothy, Mitch, and Harold
for their years of loyal and devoted work.
— Compiled from the reminiscences of Dean
George Lenz, Director of Physical Plant
Frank Fedorovich, Book Shop Director
Roscoe Fitts.and Vice President and Trea-
surer Tom Connors.
Alison Baker's Basket
Artistry: Basket Weaver
Speaks to Driftwood
A
Retirees, l-r: Barbara Blair, James Rose, Dorothy Sales, Mitchell Carpenter, Harold Swisher
ward-winning basket weaver
Alison Baker '73 of Senoia IGA]
shared her expertise with Drift-
wood Garden Club members [Atlanta] at
their March meeting...
Having moved to the Atlanta area
following college, Ms. Baker became en-
chanted with the "quality of life" she found
in Senoia. ..An activist in the Save Historic
Senoia movement... she and her husband are
presently restoring the Hutchinson House
there.
She combines interests in nature, in art,
and in utility, the results of which become
the beautiful handmade baskets she shared
with members of the Driftwood Club.
Her dialog was accentuated by an
excellent slide presentation put together
by her husband [Gary Gruby], who is a
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Alison Baker with several pieces of her artwork,
crafted of woven vines, deer antlers and other natural
materials.
professional photographer. The presentation
began on a small fishing boat with a fisher-
man who carries her from the mainland to
Ossabaw Island. The isolation of this natural
habitat off the coast of Georgia offers the
perfect habitat for many of the vinelike
specimens she prefers for the materials of
her baskets.
Her devotion to art is very labor inten-
sive — she pulls the vines from the tops of
the highest trees. ..She'll spend a day doing
her "gathering" and then at the end of the
day, backtrack to pick up the specimens
she's chosen to use. One such massive
knotted piece was too large for a basket but
found its proper place as an artistic bannis-
ter for her second-story studio.
Following the gathering stage comes the
proper preparation of the materials to make
them easier to work with. The vines of
wisteria, grape, and her least favorite,
kudzu, must be stripped of their bark for
weaving. To do this with ease, they should
be soaked and/or boiled, at which point the
bark simply slides off the stem.
Then the dyeing and finally weaving
begins. She uses only natural dyes with
color extracted from flowers, bark, berries.
and other foodstuffs. The weaving
is done over a skeleton of denser
materials which she has gathered
on walks on the beach or in the
woods — sometimes an unusual
root, stump, or even bone. The
skeleton covers the entire bottom
of the basket where it is woven
into the handles, making them
sturdy and strong. She mused that
her cats love her baskets both for
sleeping and hiding.
Ms. Baker's baskets can be
used for utilitarian purposes, and
as a piece of art in and of itself.
One of her favorites is a bassinet
she crafted for her first child. [She
has two sons, Dylan, age 9 and
Jesse, age 4.]
— Excerpted with permission from
a March '94 article in the Newnan
Times Herald by Elizabeth "Liz"
Thomas Camp '74, a regular con-
tributor to the Herald. Liz is a
former editor o/The Sweet Briar
News, and remembers being in
Paint & Patches with Alison. She
adds that "Alison 's baskets are
exquisite.'' Alison has been an artist in
residence at Clayton College (1990-91) and
is a frequent exhibitor. The Georgia Depart-
ment of Tourism purchased her "Sea Turtle "
basket ($1,500) in 1984.
Ellen Harrison Saunders '75:
A Bit of TV Magic
L
IGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! "This
week in Suffolk [VA]," the city's own
mini-magazine TV show, is ready to
tape, with anchor/hostess Ellen Saunders
welcoming us all to a preview of the week
to come.
On the air, Saunders' bright, profes-
sional manner is warmed by her charm and
ease in front of the camera.
The studio set, with draperies and
upholstered chairs color-coordinated to
match an elegant floral arrangement, sug-
gests a well-decorated living room.
The camera moves smoothly from
Saunders to her guest, from one segment of
the show to the next — all in all, a profes-
sional-looking package.
Or so it would seem.
Step behind the camera, and you gain a
different perspective and a whole new
appreciation for a quality show produced
on a shoestring budget.
That gracious living room set?
A little bit of TV magic performed in a
comer of the City Council chambers, with a
portable blue backdrop, two annchairs from
a nearby conference room and a bouquet of
silk flowers.
Most surprising of all is that Saunders,
cameraman Pat Rawson and almost every-
one else associated with the show are vol-
unteers who have honed their broadcasting
skills on the air, learning as they go.
The single salaried employee is the man
who pulls it all together, Mike Matovich,
Suffolk's cable coordinator.
Matovich had more than 20 years of
experience in commercial television before
he assumed the helm of the municipal
access channel in 1987.
Matovich will be the first to tell you that
the channel and "This Week in Suffolk" in
particular have come a long way in seven
years.
He gives Saunders most of the credit for
the growth of the show from a 10-minute
announcement segment called "City Briefs"
to its current half-hour format.
"She is a natural and has evolved into a
local TV personality with her own follow-
ing," Matovich said.
Saunders, 40, grew up in the Philadel-
phia area. ..After marrying Sufolk native
Whitney Saunders, she settled in Virginia
and has made Suffolk her home for more
than a dozen years.
With a strong public relations back-
ground, Saunders worked as the coordina-
tor of the Great TV Auction for WHRO-TV
and as the director of public relations and
development for Obici Hospital until her
first child, Harrison, was bom in 1983.
After the Saunders' daughter, Mary
Carson, was bom a few years later,
Saunders occupied herself doing volunteer
work with the Chamber of Commerce, a
local garden club, a literary club, and their
church, Suffolk Presbyterian.
An announcement that the city was
auditioning people to read children's books
on TV piqued her interest.
"I love to read and love children's
books, so I thought that it would be a fun
thing to do," Saunders said.
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Ellen Harrison Saunders '75 supplies the magic
Watching her audition, Matovich knew
she had the look and the manner he
needed for the Story Time Lady.
"But as I looked at the tape again...!
knew this lady could do much more if she
was game," he said.
And game was the most important thing
Saunders needed to be. ..Back in 1968, the
technical equipment used to record the
show was so basic that it fit into two blue
crates tucked away in a comer.
Today, two rooms of carefully collected
electronic gear give Matovich the equiva-
lent of a commercial production company.
Soon after Saunders started with the
show, she took over the scriptwriting chores
from Matovich.
"She had a lot of background and felt
she could more easily read her own writing
than mine," Matovich said. "She was right..."
The show is taped every Thursday for
airing the following Monday morning. It is
rebroadcast throughout the week.
A captive audience is a bonus that
occasionally comes with using the City
Council chambers as a studio.
Jurors also use the chambers as a
gathering spot between courtroom appear-
ances. The jurors are usually attentive, and
the bailiffs have learned to summon jurors
quietly when a show is being taped.
But Matovich and Saunders would not
be surprised to someday have a show inter-
rupted by an escaping prisoner with bailiffs
in hot pursuit...
"I look at the show
not as hard-core jour-
nalism, but as a chance
to promote the city of
Suffolk and the events
that take place here,"
[Saunders] said.
Volunteering about
four hours a week with
"This Week in Suffolk"
gives Saunders a
chance to be very
much an at-home mom
while keeping in touch
with the working
world.
"It gets me out of
the house, and it is just
so much fun to meet so
many different people,"
she said.
— Excerpted with per-
mission from an article which appeared in
the March 31 1994 Sun section of The
Virginian-Pilot, by staff writer Phyllis
Speidell. A psychology major at SBC. Ellen
Saunders is a former Alumnae Association
Board member.
James R. Kirkwood:
Boldly Going Where No
Math Has Gone Before
For many students, calculus is the last
stop on the mathematical train; many
college graduates say they made the
worst grades of their careers
in calculus. In scientific
degree programs, calculus is
often the first in a series of
"weed out" classes designed
to separate the women from
the giris. Jim Kirkwood,
associate professor of math-
ematical sciences, wants to
change that.
SBC faculty were con-
cerned that so few students
took math beyond calculus.
In 1990, Kirkwood and
Professor of Mathematical
Sciences Judith Elkins began
revising Sweet Briar's calcu-
lus course to make it more
accessible to students while maintaining
curriculum integrity. Elkins revamped the
James Kirkwood
lecture component; Kirkwood set out to
design teaching labs using computers. In
1992, the pair received a grant from the
National Science Foundation for the project.
"We had to start from scratch," says
Kirkwood. "There had been no real changes
in teaching calculus for years. Most of the
textbooks were basically clones of one
written in the 1950s. This kind of method
really hadn't been used before."
Kirkwood built a series of 20 computer-
driven laboratory exercises in calculus using
the math computational software DERIVE.
Students work through problems, explore
the theories behind them, then record their
findings in a lab report. In three years of
evolution, the labs have been successful,
with students retaining more of the theory
than if they'd heard a lecture alone.
In 1990, Kirkwood published the text-
book, Introduction to Analysis. The pub-
lisher asked if he had anything else.
Kirkwood mentioned the computer labs.
The result was Calculus Projects Using
DERIVE, published in June 1993.
"I took a year's sabbatical to work on
the book," he laughs. "I figured I could
crank it out in a couple of months and
spend the rest of the year fishing. But it
took me 2 1/2 years to finish."
The publishers then asked Kirkwood to
write up the labs using a competing compu-
tational software program, Mathematica.
That took five months to write, with help in
translating the programs from Assistant
Professor Steve Wassell. Kirkwood recently
began writing a version of the labs for the
Canadian program
Maple.
Kirkwood hopes
that the labs will
enable students to
learn calculus without
the usual frustration,
and hold their inter-
est so that they move
on to more advanced
math.
The labs can be
used at secondary
schools, as well as at
the collegiate level.
Kirkwood says the
DERIVE program is
very accessible, tak-
ing about two hours to learn. He will meet
with high school teachers in Campbell
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County, VA this summer to show how the
labs can be used as a teaching tool on their
computer systems.
Kirkwood is quick to point out that the
computer enhances teaching the theories
and is not a crutch for those who don't
want to crunch numbers. Pundits complain
that the use of calculators and computers by
today's students will impair computational
skills. That notion made news recently
when the new SAT allowed students to use
calculators.
"Everyone should know the multiplica-
tion tables," says Kirkwood. "But the line is
still fuzzy on what students should be able
to do on their own versus with a calculator.
There are a lot of questions left to be an-
swered, especially at the primary level.
However, in higher math, students can get
lost in the computation and never really
grasp the theory.
"I've seen several studies in which
students using computers tested higher in
theoretical concepts than those who didn't
use computers, while computational scores
remained about equal. People are afraid
that they'll lose something, but that doesn't
appear to be the case.
"No one ever expects to have to write
complete sentences for a math class,"
laughs Kirkwood. "But with the labs, they
do. Students can discover things on their
own, exploring and making conjectures.
The labs say, 'Try this and tell me what
you're observing.' Hopefully, more students
will be able to tell us what it is they see."
— By Dave Blount. SBC Assistant Director,
Marketing Communications
artist's submissions the components of the
exhibition are chosen. This year, from April
28 through graduation day, "Hopie" Carter,
Laura R. Greene, Lee K. McEachern, Camilla
L. Puelicher, and Vinca Swanson displayed
their creations, representing four years of
work and learning.
An opening reception hosted by Mr.
and Mrs. Cari Calandra, parents of Amy
Calandra '90, drew an impressive crowd of
students, faculty, parents, and alumnae, to
honor and to marvel at the five seniors'
accomplishments. Studio Art Department
Chair Laura Pharis, Associate Professor of
Studio Art Joe Monk, and Visiting Assistant
Professor of Studio Art David G. Johnson,
who helped the students develop their
artistic identities, looked on proudly. Direc-
tor of College Galleries Rebecca Massie
MacMurtrie '96 as her model, Swanson
created a beautifully imaged double photo-
graph which stands on its own, as well as a
haunting series of photographs entitled
Scarred But Smarter Perhaps the most
remarkable of this series is the final in the
group, in which Swanson presented the
model with her head framed by the
branches of a tree, creating an eerie and
ethereal image. Swanson's large installation,
which was made up of a number of media
including photographs, wood, barbed wire,
and books was a rich, confounding, fasci-
nating tapestry of images.
"Life speaks more through images than
through words," wrote Camilla Puelicher.
Born in Chariottesville, she spent a great
deal of time in Montego Bay, Jamaica while
growing up. She wants to work in graphic
Flanked on either side by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Calandra, the exhibiting artists are, l-r: Camilla
Puelicher; Lee McEachern; Laura Greene; Hopie Carter; Vinca Swanson
Classic: The Senior Art
Exhibition Was "Five-Star."
Art, true art, should evoke from its
viewer a sense of immediate like
or strong dislike. If it evokes medi-
ocrity or apathy, there is something wrong
with the art." So writes Lee McEachern '94
in her statement in the 1994 Senior Art
Exhibition, Classic. There was nothing
mediocre in the Pannell Center Gallery this
spring.
Every year as a culminating exercise,
studio art majors complete a group of ten
works of exhibition quality. From each
Lane, who helped hang the exhibition, also
glowed with the evening's excitement.
To give viewers a better sense of both
artwork and artist, each exhibitor included a
biographical sketch and a personal artist's
statement with her work.
Enigmatic. This is the word to describe
Vinca Swanson's words and her art. She
wrote two artist's statements, one real, one
fictitious, the first beginning, "I was born in
Erie, Pennsylvania," the second, "1 was born
in Siberia, Russia." Working in sculpture,
photography, and a large mixed media
installation called Untitled Passion Play.
Swanson noted that she "craves attention"
from her audience. She got it. Using Eileen
design; several prints were included in her
exhibit, along with paintings, one mixed
media piece, and a beautiful, yet troubling,
charcoal, pencil, and ink drawing.
Hopie Carter, born in North Carolina,
also spent part of her childhood in another
country, experiencing another culture. She
believes that living in Puerto Rico from age
four to seven has influenced her art. Her
father is in the clothing business, and both
her mother and sister are artistic: the
interests of her family have helped Carter
cultivate her own artistic vision into works
of expressive and captivating beauty.
"Although I do work in representational
form," she wrote, "I hope that the viewer is
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equally captivated by my use of color and
shape." This viewer is. Carter's works of oil
on both paper and canvas show hints of
influence of both the Expressionists and the
Abstract Expressionists, but they retain an
originality that makes them incredibly
appealing. She hopes to become a clothing
designer.
Lee JVlcEachem, born in Iceland, now
lives in Newnan, GA. Her exhibit included
paintings in oil on canvas and wood, and
two sculptures. Personal Pleasures and The
Woman Thinks. Perhaps
most intriguing of her works
are self-portraits, one with a
bright, Fauve palette which
recalls one Madame Matisse.
She commented in her state-
ment that "There are those
that believe that pursuing an
art career is frivolous, how-
ever, there is not a material
element that you can look at
in life that has not been
designed by an artist: pencils,
lamps, ties, mirrors..." I hope
that we see some more mate-
rial elements created by
McEachern in the future.
From a distance there
may appear to be nothing
unusual about Laura Greene's
artwork. But close up you
see that these are not ordi-
nary paintings. "I enjoy working with a
sandlike medium because I have so many
options," she remarked. She mixes sand
with paint for richly textured works whose
appeal is not limited to the artist's choice of
color and design. Greene's mother is a
painter, and though she did not always use
the sandy, textured medium, Greene experi-
ments with texture to explore the possibili-
ties. She wants to pursue her interests with
a job in advertising, and also to study archi-
tecture.
The studio art major's show is perhaps
the most exciting show of each year; 1994
was no exception. This year's exhibits were
inspired, original, intriguing, troubling,
soothing, fantastic. Coming from different
places, creating different visions, working
toward different goals, the artists truly are
five extraordinary, talented women. And the
Senior Art Exhibition truly was Classic.
—By Kate Haw 92
Carrboro, NC
Professor William L. Hostetler
Wins 1994 Excellence in
Teaching Award
E
William Hostetler at
Commencement 1994
stablished by the student government
association in 1985 and determined
by student members of the Academic
Affairs Committee, Sweet Briar's Excellence
in Teaching Award is conferred annually to
encourage and to recognize outstanding
teachers.
William Hostetler, associate professor of
^_ -o economics and chair
^ I of the department, is
t the most recent
recipient of the
award. He will be
honored at the
September 5, 1994
Opening Convoca-
tion, for which he
will be the speaker.
Dr. Hostetler
received the B.A. in
accounting from
Duke University in
1961, and the M.B.A.
( 1964) and Ph.D.
(economics, 1970)
from the University
of North Carolina
Chapel Hill. He has
taught at Sweet Briar
since 1989.
Prior to joining the SBC faculty, he held
teaching positions at Duke, UNC Chapel
Hill, and the University of Kansas. From 1967
until 1989, he worked in
industrial development for
the Arabian American Oil
Company (ARAMCO) in
Dharhran, Saudi Arabia.
A recognized authority
on the Saudi economy. Dr.
Hostetler is active in profes-
sional and community affair^
and listed in Who's Who in
International Business He is
a licensed Certified Public
Accountant (C.P.A.).
He and his wife, Mary
Ann, have recently built a
home at the end of Faculty
Row.
Korina Adkins
Practicum for Arts
Management Certificate
Turns Up Treasures
There is an unsolved mystery in the
Sweet Briar Archives. When I first
began to work in the Archives room
in the library last November, I was looking
through the photo files to see what might
be found there. That is when the first "trea-
sure" was discovered.
While glancing through the 1933 file, I
saw the 1933 class photo. The whole senior
class was sitting on the steps in front of
Benedict, their banner spread over their
knees...! spotted two specks in Benedict's
third floor windows. The specks were
people, only their torsos visible. The one on
the left had on a man's dress shirt and a
bow tie that was undone. The one on the
right wore what appeared to be women's
underclothes. I thought, "Scandal/" But
thinking more rationally, it must be a prank,
or maybe the students were preparing for a
play or production of some sort.
That event encouraged me to continue
my clean-and-seek mission in the Archives.
As days passed, other discoveries turned up:
a letter from Patrick Henry; World War II
memorabilia; ancient artifacts from around
the world; archaeological finds; feathers
from Sweet Briar peacocks; and 1920s
Russian dolls. When I opened an old card-
board Dixie cup box, I found a 16th-century
Tibetan scroll. Every day, I came in with the
simple intention of cleaning and organizing,
only to end up running downstairs,
^ exclaiming, "Look
§ what I found!"
"5i It occurred to
CD
I me that people
g ought to know about
^ these things — and I
I needed a practicum
S to fulfill my final
requirement for an
Arts Management
Certificate. Thus, the
exhibit, "Spring
Cleaning: Treasures
from the Sweet Briar
Archives" was
conceived.
Opening April 4,
the exhibit contained
many rare, some-
times quirky relics.
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Emphasis was placed on Sweet
Briar photographs and literature
from past years. The typical and
common were left out; only the
unusual was displayed. And so,
all who came to the exhibit
learned things they had not
known about Sweet Briar.
The monthlong exhibit in-
cluded a reception, talk, and
tours of the Archives, in hope
that the Sweet Briar community
might become more aware of the
resources available in Sweet
Briar's very own dusty attic. The
Archives are open by appoint-
ment whenever needed, for Bee Thayer
research or entertainment. Feel
free to come up the library stairs and lose
yourselves in the past — maybe you'll find
treasures of your own.
(And by the way, if there is anyone out
there from the Class of '33 who knows about
the photo, let the Alumnae Office know!)
— Excerpted ivith permission from writeups
on her practicnm and exhibit by Korina
Adkins '94, Port Saint Lucie, FL
and she orga-
nized the No-
vember 1991
FOCUS event in
Northern New
Jersey.
Numerous
community
activities include
involvement
with the Junior
League for many
years, and ser-
vice as president
of the Garden
Club of Madison,
NJ, as a trustee
as a member of the
Bee Newman Thayer '61
Honored for Philanthropy
Work
ildred "Bee" Newman Thayer of
Madison, NJ was awarded the 1994
Outstanding Philanthropic Award
at the "Women in Philanthropy Symposium
on April 21 in Richmond, VA, where she
participated as a panelist on "Why Women
Give; Motive, Attitudes and Vision."
A longtime volunteer for Sweet Briar,
she currently serves on the Alumnae
Association Board as chair of the Alumnae
Fund, and is an active AAR in New Jersey.
In 1991, she was National Reunion Gifts
Chair and was the Reunion Gifts Chair of
her class for its 25th Reunion in 1986. She
has served as class president, and as a
member of the Boxwood Circle Committee,
the President's Circle Gift Club, and the
Campaign Advisory Council of the $35
million Campaign for Sweet Briar College.
She has represented the College at inaugu-
ration ceremonies at other colleges. She
participated in the feasibility study (1989-90)
of Kent Place School,
Alumnae Association Board of Kent Place,
the Parents Association of Colby College, tlie
Madison Downtown Development Commis-
sion, the Mayor's Committee Review Board,
and as a Neighborhood Watch captain.
As a Sweet Briar student she majored in
biology, played varsity hockey, basketball
and tennis, and was a member of the judi-
cial board, the "VWCA, and the Orientation
Committee. She was a QV and was elected
to Who's Who Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges.
Bee's sister is Clare "Ginger" Newman
Blanchard '60 and her father, J. Wilson
Newman, is a former chairman of Sweet
Briar's Board of Directors.
Bee's husband, Bradley Thayer, is a
managing director of Scudder, Stevens &
Clark, Inc., an investment management firm.
They have three grown children, Emily, Bill,
and Chris.
Kathryn Marion '84:
Newsletter Keeps Reality
in Check
I
am a recent college graduate. A twenty-
something. A card-carrying baby buster.
Raised in the lap of luxury, provided
every opportunity, educated at great
expense. And I don't have a clue.
"What is a 40(k) anyway? Some new
vitamin? And don't tell mom, but I haven't
the foggiest notion of the difference be-
tween broil and bake. Hot, warm or cold?
Own or rent? New or used?
I can calculate a cannon ball's trajectory,
speak French like Charles de Gaulle, explain
"Being and Nothingness," and write 40
pages on the Battle of Hastings. Still I
cannot fathom an apartment lease.
It's the real world, man. And it's rough.
But there may yet be a faint hope. A
Manassas CVA] woman has put together a
newsletter called The Reality Check Gazette,
full of the stuff we've been learning the
hard way.
Kathryn Marion, a 1984 graduate of Sweet
Briar College, recently began to publish this
collection of tidbits, designed to save
Generation X a few bummers and hassles.
Last January Marion decided she'd had
enough of her job. As she began to ponder
her next move, she said, "Within five
minutes the idea hit me. Within 10, I had
pages and pages of things to use in it."
She tried to check out the competition,
only to find there wasn't any. "It seemed so
obvious I couldn't believe no one had done
it," she said.
A combination Heloise, Norman
Vincent Peale, and Superego, Reality Check
is chock-a-block with hints and tips for
making it in the postgraduate years, other-
wise known as "life."
A monthly column titled "Surviving on
Your Own" elaborates on topics like garbage
disposals — never put shrimp shells in it, my
friends — and how to remove Band-aids.
Career counselors, recent grads, seniors,
and executives write about their experiences
and give pithy advice, such as: "Be on time."
For crying out loud, do we really need
these truisms spelled out? Are we really so
ignorant, so naive?
The answer, evidently, is yes.
"The biggest response I've gotten is
'Why wasn't this around when I graduated?' "
said Marion.
Marion has her own degree from the
school of hard knocks. A year after landing
a dream job with a Big 8 accounting firm,
she was let go during a bout of manage-
ment politics. Seems she picked the wrong
fella in the firm to marry.
From there she went into technical
support, then technical writing, then mar-
keting and PR, then desktop publishing.
Precisely the kind of nomadic career we
busters have been told to expect.
"Too many people look for 'a good
steady job,' " she said. "That doesn't exist
anymore."
Marion said she was always known as
the office "Dear Abby," wise in the ways of
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SWEET
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Kathryn Marion '84
benefit plans and insurance forms. Putting
her own experience and that of her friends
to use was a natural.
Asked if postgrads today are any dumber
or more inexperienced than their ancestors,
Marion replies that the world has become
more difficult. And more dangerous.
To that end, Reality Check includes
personal safety ideas as well as tax tips.
For instance, when recording an an-
swering machine message, never say "I
can't come to the phone," but "'We can't
come to the phone." This may make poten-
tial burglars think twice. And keep packages
manageable when walking to your car in a
parking lot. Muggers see a fumbler as a
prime target, says Marion.
Marion has aimed her newsletters at
several audiences. She's sent promotional
materials to every four-year college's career
center, and she says the response has been
overwhelmingly good.
Such places may have practical advice
on interviewing and networking, she claims,
but little on the mundane chores of life that
can become enormous headaches.
"Getting the degree and getting the job
aren't the half of it," she said.
Another appreciative group is parents.
She thinks mom and dad will eventually be
her newsletter's biggest fans. After all, why
grow hoarse nagging? Marion thinks stu-
dents and young professionals will prefer
newsletter pages to family advice.
Finally, there's us. The college seniors
and fresh postgrads. Marion says there is no
limit to one's achievements once a little
responsibility is taken.
"It makes no sense to see the exact same
problems year after year," she said. Finding
a great job, saving for a new car, living
within one's means. ..all can be accom-
plished with some smarts and discipline.
The trick, she says, is getting Junior to
realize that "the tuition bill might be paid,
but the education is far from over."
— By John Keilman, staff writer. Journal
Messenger, Manassas. VA. This article,
reprinted with permission, originally ap-
peared in the Monday, December 13, 1993
issue of the journal Messenger. Since then,
Kathryn and her newsletter have been fea-
tured on CBS "This Morning, " "American
Family" (NET), "A Woman With A View"
(Jones Intercable), and a radio interview on
WPGC-AM. She has subscribers in 28 states.
The Reality Check Gazette is published six
times per academic year, subscription $27.
For more information, write Education for
Reality. Inc., 8667 Sudley Road, Manassas,
VA 22110. (800)337-3254.
Dave Matthews Band
Brings Big Weekend
Every weekend at least one Sweet Briar
student might be overheard saying, "I
wish we had bigger bands or more to
do here on the weekends." On Febniary 25,
1994, in Prothro Commons, a bigger band
brought its unique combination of folk, jazz,
rock, world beat, and reggae music to Sweet
Briar... the Dave Matthews Band.
When SBC students and their guests
entered Prothro Commons tliey were greeted
with music, special hors d'oeuvres, and
streamlined decorations. As the evening
progressed the room became jam-packed
with people, an equal number of men and
women. Students danced, sang with the band,
and, as is true of most Sweet Briar events —
ate. One student was overheard saying, "I've
never seen so many people at a Sweet Briar
party; this is great!" Almost the entire stu-
dent body participated, sharing a big event
with their friends from other campuses.
So why was Sweet Briar able to have
the Dave Matthews Band? The event was
funded by the Jessica Steinbrenner Molloy
Fund 2ind the Petersmeyer Enrichment of
Campus Life Fund. The night's entertain-
ment was sponsored by the Office of
Student Affairs, the Social Activities Board,
and the Student Program Council. Kelly
Schmitt, interning with Janet Metzger
(assistant dean. Student Affairs and director,
■Wailes Student Center), was in charge of
planning the event: "This was a great op-
portunity! Not only was I able to work with
a variety of aspects of event planning, from
ticket distribution, to catering, to decora-
tions, to set-up and take-down of the band's
equipment, to security, but after all my hard
work, it was a joy to see the Sweet Briar
community come together."
The Dave Matthews Band has played all
over the East Coast, and in the fall, opened
for the Samples at Red Rocks, a Denver area
amphitheater. Rumors about the band
opening for the Jerry Garcia Band are flying
among the band's cultlike followers.
Overall the event was perfect. Sweet
Briar students enjoyed a big-name band.
And although Dave Matthews' followers from
up and down the East Coast were begging
for tickets, the event was open only to SBC
students and their guests. Dave Matthews
has helped Sweet Briar to be recognized as
the place to be for social events.
— By Kelly B. Schmitt '94. Paradise Valley, A2
and Lesley L. Byers '94. West Simsbury, CT
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FROM THE MUSEUM
Sweet Briar's lawn mowers at work, ca. 1914
WHEN GRAZERS WERE MOWERS.
Baa Baa, black sheep, have you
any wool?" "Mary had a little
lamb, its fleece was white as
snow." Who doesn't remember
these words from childhood? Lamb and
sheep toys are found in most toy stores and
nurseries, beguiling and fluffy little symbols
of warm love, comfort, purity and security —
close runners-up to the ubiquitous teddy
bear in the stuffed toy category, and about
as close to sheep as most of us come,
except for lamb chops. But what about the
real thing?
Sheep have contributed in many ways
to the development of civilization, a source
of fat for the diet, meat for protein, wool for
clothing and blankets, and leather for nu-
merous uses. Sheep have been domesti-
cated for over six thousand years.
When Sweet Briar College was founded,
there were sheep on the property. They
were raised as a cash crop in the days of
the plantation. Lambs were bought and
sold, and each spring, after lambing season
was over, the mature sheep were sheared
and their wool sold. For many years a Scot,
Mr. Crawford, did the sheepshearing for the
Williams family at Sweet Briar, as well as for
other area farms.
Daisy Williams mentioned sheep in her
diary on September 16, 1882: "Logan [over-
seer] went for the sheep, he bought 80 for
us and 80 for Uncle Sing." Uncle Sing was
Daisy's uncle, Sidney Fletcher, of Tusculum
plantation. A May 11, 1883 letter from Daisy
to her mother in New York notes: "The
Scotchman is here shearing the sheep, and
the lambs make a great noise."
The next day Daisy wrote to her mother
that "Papa and I rode out this morning
around the cedar row, and saw Lil [Daisy's
aunt, Elizabeth Fletcher Mosby of Mt. San
Angelo] in the distance looking at the men
shearing her sheep." So all three planta-
tions. Sweet Briar, Tusculum and Mt. San
Angelo, had flocks of sheep.
In the Museum is a May 28, 1890 letter
to Elizabeth Mosby from Gibbs and Hancock,
seed and commission merchants in Lynch-
burg. They offered to buy her wool for 30
cents per pound, cleaned of burrs or 25 cents
per pound if uncleaned. In today's market
this would seem not worth the trouble, but
100 years ago the common laborer in
Virginia earned about 50 cents a day!
May 24, 1883 Daisy reported to her
mother that "A butcher came yesterday and
bought 26 lambs, he stayed all night in the
office."
The Williams and Mt. San Angelo flocks
were inherited by the new Sweet Briar
College in 1901, and were kept for a num-
ber of years. They were white-faced, flat-
tailed sheep bred for meat, wool, and
offspring. I have been told that in those
fledgling days of the College when all
possible means were taken by the first
Board of Overseers to bring income to the
new institution in an effort to create a self-
sustaining institution, the students were fed
a considerable amount of lamb, mutton, and
shepherd's pie!
At that time there was not much farm
machinery. The College's two mowing
machines were pulled by teams of mules to
cut the hay... and so the grass around the
buildings was kept "trimmed" by Sweet
Briar sheep. A new dimension had been
added to their duties: lawn mower duty.
Sheep are close-to-the-ground eaters,
with long, flexible lips. They spend more
than half their time grazing. Like goats, they
survive on grass, weeds, and waste rough-
age — perfect lawn mowers in the College's
early years!
By the time Worid War I came, the
College was more advanced mechanically,
and the sheep were phased out in favor of
commercial lawn mowers. The latter took
manpower, made more noise, and were less
attractive, but they did not require feeding,
shearing, shepherding, dipping, deburring,
breeding, transporting, or marketing. The
Industrial Revolution had caught up with
Sweet Briar College. Since then, the stu-
dents have been fed much less lamb!
The Director's
View
The view from the office of the
director of the Alumnae Associa-
tion [Louise Swiecki Zingaro '801
in Boxwood Alumnae House is a
view that no other office at Sweet Briar
enjoys. A comer room with windows look-
ing north and west to the mountains, it
encompasses the hunt field, a glimpse of
the lake, Paul's Mountain, and the low blue
ridges that are foothills to the higher ranges
beyond. To the north runs Woodland Road
with its tall trees and faculty houses, ending
almost on the lake shore.
In closer proximity is the lane that runs
behind Sweet Briar House, and the old
slave cabin with its complement of long-
standing trees, some of them 150 years old.
There are gnaried old cedars, walnuts, and
huge boxwood bushes. In the spring, the
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slopes behind Sweet Briar House are dotted
with dark pink splashes of redbud and
white native dogwood. It is a scene of
undisturbed tranquility all seasons of the
year.
This is not the view one always would
have seen. Many great trees that once stood
in the area are gone. To quote from Meta
Glass' 1931 article in Homes and Gardens in
Old Virginia:
A little to the back [of Sweet Briar Hoiisel
there has been presen>ed one of the
original cabins of the slaves. It stands in
front of a stately Indian deodar, and is
overhung by a paulownia tree that
showers its purple blossoms about the
door or, blossomless, casts its dappled
shadows against the old stone chimney.
The deodar and paulownia fell victim to
age and disease in the 1980s. But, farther
back in Sweet Briar's history, this area be-
hind Sweet Briar House was a bustling,
busy place. The lane, now grass-covered,
was the main farm road into Amherst.
Horse-drawn vehicles carried corn, wheat,
tobacco, and other produce down the road,
through the hunt field and present lake bed,
on up the hill. Meandering toward
Amherst, it passed a slave burial ground at
the top of the hill.
Today's lone cabin stood in a row of
cabins along that road — a gathering area for
plantation servants, where they lived and
raised their children. Among long-gone
buildings behind Sweet Briar House were
an ice house, a weaver's cottage where
cloth for plantation needs was woven, a
smokehouse, a well, certainly a privy, and
the plantation office. The office, enlarged
and named Garden Cottage, is now the
faculty lounge and president's guest house.
In the cleft of the rolling fields near the
site of cabin row, a grove of tall mixed
hardwood trees still stands. Nestled among
them is a clear, free-flowing spring where
the cabin inhabitants drew their water.
Another building in the hunt field close
to Elijah Road was Elijah Fletcher's enor-
mous barn. Built in 1844, it was a 100' x 40'
two-story edifice with a fieldstone base-
ment, housing carriages, equipment, and
animals. It burned not long after the College
opened, destroying the Fletcher coach, so
large that it was pulled by two teams of
horses.
The lake area, now surrounded
by heavy foliage, consisted of
cleared fields bisected by the planta-
tion road. Here were rolling pas-
tures, and tobacco fields dotted with
log tobacco-leaf-drying structures.
The field areas were separated by
low rock walls, and American elms
and chestnuts created patches of
shade for men and animals. The
elms and chestnuts died from the
insidious diseases that killed them all
across America — the elms in the
1940s-50s and the chestnuts in the
1920s.
The topography of the land in
the director's view has remained the
same since time began, but time's
passage, different needs for land use,
and people have changed the pan-
orama. Today's tranquil view no
doubt will change again, but looking
out at it, one senses that Sweet
Briar's past is still present.
By Ann Marshall Whitley
Curator, Sweet Briar College Museum
"A little to the back [of Sweet Briar House] there has
been preserved one of the original cabins of the
slaves... overhung by a paulownia tree..."
The cabin ca. 1925
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CLUB CORNER
Tfje Atlanta Community
Campaign Celebration took
place on April 6 at the home of
Margaret Davison Block '54.
/. L-r: Winifred Storey Davis '6l;
F. Tradewell Davis, Jr.;
Holcombe T. Green, Jr.; Nancy
Hall Green '64, co-chair, Atlanta
Community Campaign Committee,
SBC Board of Directors; Camille
Williams Yow '55
^. L-r: Celebration hostess
Margaret Davison Block '54; SBC
President Barbara Hill
O. Anne Sheffield Hale '54,
Bradley Hale, SBC Board of
Directors; the Hales served as
co-chairs of Atlanta Community
Campaign Committee
•y. Thomas E. Martin, Jr. and
Margaret Sheffield Martin '48,
Atlanta Community Campaign
Committee and Campaign co-
chairs of the Honors Committee
O. Hostess Margaret Davison
Block '54 greets Anne Mobley '87
(1), Sue Lawton Mobley '55 (r)
0. Rebecca Young Frazer '35,
Atlanta Community Campaign
Committee
7- L-r: Wendi Wood Thomas '81;
Sarah Huie '81; Barbara Bryant '82
O. Lisa Wray Longino 78
^. L-r: Holly Caswell '92; Amy
Waite '93; Corinne Sharon
Judeikis '93; Catherine Gomto '92
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The Raleigh/Durham/Chapel
Hill Triangle Club held Sweet
Briar Day December 28, 1993
at the home of Elizabeth
Coleman Blackwell 78.
/ 1st row, I-r: Debbie Koss
McCarthy 77; Catherine
Callender Sauls '86; Catherine
McNease Stevens '86; Amy
Biathrow '94, student speaker;
Ebet Little Stevens '77; Chris
Carr Dykstra 76. 2nd row, 1-r:
Dianne Wood Keyser '73;
Lindsay Smith Newsom '67; Dr.
Margaret Leigh '73; Kristen
Swenson '93; Kate Haw '92;
Cathy Lumsden '78, Triangle
Club president
^. L-r: Ashley Wilson Brook '79,
Triangle vice president; Amy
Biathrow '94; Cathy Lumsden '78
O. L-r: 'Virginia Camp Smith '36;
Evelyn Mullen '31; hostess
Elizabeth Coleman Blackwell '78
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1993 at the home of club
president Jill Redpath
Noland '85 (5) and a Club
Reception honoring artist Jill
Steenhuis Ruffato '80 in
October '93 (4).
"T. L-r; Melanie Bowen
Steglich '78, Alumnae
Association chair. Region IX;
Renee Steriing '73; Jill
Steenhuis Ruffato '80;
Tennessee Nielson '76
O. 1st row, l-r: Beth Bates
Locke '76; Ouija Adams Bush '43;
Brianna Boswell Brown '82,
Dallas AAR chair. 2nd row,
l-r: Myth Monnich Bayoud,
Alumnae Association first vice
president; Jill Redpath Noland '85;
Cissy Humphrey '76; Missy
Gentry Witherow '80; Heather
■Varney Rooney '89
The Indianapolis Club held
Sweet Briar Day in December
1993.
0. L-r: Margaret Myers
Sullivan '74, club co-president;
Whitney Ball '84; Judy Brown
Fletcher '71; Judy's daughter
Katie Fletcher, Wellesley '95
/. L-r, Indianapolis SB Day:
Yolanda Moore '71; Jane Rice
McPherson '44; Frances
Morrison Ruddell '35
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The Richmond, VA Community
Campaign Celebration took
place on March 29 (postponed
from February 10 because of
The Great Ice Stomis of
1994!), with a record turnout
of celebrants at The Country-
Club of Virginia.
A Members of the Community
Campaign Committee, l-r:
Betty Byrne Gill Ware '55; Nan
Hart Stone '47; Ann Wesley
Ramsey '75; Emory Gill
Williams '40, co-chair; SBC
President Barbara Hill; Adelaide
Boze Glascock '40, co-chair;
Sandra Taylor Craighead '74;
Junie Speight '87, club president;
Peggy Robertson Christian '47
aC. Coleman and Caroline Casey
McGehee '49
u. L-r: Jane Nelson '66; Karen
Hott '91
-/. John and Judy Burnett
Halsey '47
O. Sally Twedell Bagley '67
0. L-r; Dawn Monahan '91;
Maryanne Train Farmer '91
/. L-r: Julia Gray Saunders
Michaux '39; Edith McRee
Whiteman '74
O. L-r; Angela Elliott, who will
enter in September with the
Class of 1998 and her parents
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
NOTICES
Recent Deaths
Mrs. Jared 1. Wood
(Rachel Forbush '16)
January 10, 1994
Mrs. A. R. Troxell
(Jessie Williams 'l?)
February 18, 1994
Mrs. Lloyd A. Hathaway
(Florence Ives '21)
March 11, 1994
Mrs. Maylen Newby Pierce
(Maylen B. Newby '22)
Word received February 1994
Mrs. Loma W. Dowling
(Lorna Weber '23)
April 1994
Mrs. Martin Chambedain
(Janet F. Shutts '2t)
Word received April 1994
Mrs. Barnette Garrison
(Rebecca Snyder '24)
April 27, 1994
Mrs. Robert Taylor
(Rebecca Ashcraft '26)
April 15, 1994
Mrs. James L. Frisch
(Dorothy Goff '26)
March 16, 1994
Mrs. Robert S. MacCallum
(Lucille Helen Finch '28)
December 21, 1993
Mrs. William N. McClarin
(Emma Nan Harris '28)
November 1993
Mrs. Hartwell Joiner
(Sarah K. Foote '29)
November 22, 1993
Mrs. Samuel W. Cowling, Jr.
(Emilie Nathurst Turner '30)
February 25, 1994
Mrs. H. B. Huntington
(Helen Harris Beard '30)
January 18, 1994
Mrs. Edgar N. Taylor
(Ida Beveridge Moore '30)
March 10, 1994
Mrs, Leon C. Otis
(Lucy Graham Shirley '30)
October 19, 1993
Mrs. James T. Beeson
(Elizabeth Farmer Lockhart '32)
September 30, 1993
Mrs. OUinger Crenshaw
(Marjorie Burford '33)
January 7, 1994
Mrs. John R. Flannery, Jr.
(Sara Marie Kelly '33)
Word received March 1994
Mrs. Andrew Allison
(Lillias Spratt '36)
February 1994
Elliott Lewis '37
January 23, 1994
Mrs. Charles R. Jackson
(Margaret MacRae '37)
October 28, 1993
Katherine Rogers Hoyt '38
April 13, 1994
Mrs. Herbert P. Pales
(Rose Foster Hyde '38)
February 18, 1994
Mrs. Daniel W. Badal
(Eleanor Bosworth '40)
Febmary 3, 1994
Mrs. John W. Clingerman
(Sarah Ellen Mitchell '40)
December 10, 1993
Mrs. Lewis S. Robinson
(Jean Walker '41)
December 20, 1993
Mrs. L. Preston Collins
(Ceciley Youmans '48)
April 12, 1994
Linda Kay Donald '69
February 16, 1994
Mrs. Marvin J. Wehl, Jr.
(Gabrielle Urbanowicz '74)
April 10, 1994
NOTICE: If you wish to write to a
member of the family of someone
recently deceased, contact
Alumnae Office. Sweet Briar, VA
24595 (804)381-6131 for name
and address.
Students Elected to Who's
Who Among Students in
American Universities and
Colleges, 1994
Heather L. Bayfield '94
Fairfax, VA
Molly B. Becherer '95
ShelbyviUe, KY
Catherine S, Blaik '94
Oklahoma City, OK
Amy A. Biathrow '94
Raleigh, NC
Lisa A. Buckingham '95
Falls Church, VA
Kimberly L. Clayton '94
Kennett Square, PA
Mtesa P. Cottemond '94
Brodnax, VA
Amalia C. DeSimone '94
Pine Bluff, AR
Karen Giorgetti '95
Keysville, VA
Stephanie S. Hanson '94
Greenview, IL
Katherine K. Lindsey '94
Shorewood, MN
Linda S. Lombardo '94
Amherst, VA
Amy E. Loux '94
Novato, CA
Lucia K. Marks '94
Albuquerque, NM
Kathryn A. May '94
Allentown, PA
Amelia W. McDaniel '94
Nashville, TN
Heather E. McKoy '94
Sonoma, CA
Caroline D. Miller '95
Rockville, MD
Rebecca H. Nelson '94
Wake Forest, NC
Leslie J. Rodgers '94
Lovingston, VA
Lee S. Roman '95
San Antonio, TX
Mary Byrd Schroeder '95
Fairfax, VA
Katherine W. Schupp '94
Metairie, LA
Susannah E. Silverbrand '94
Scarborough, ME
Caitlin N. Sundby '94
Snellville, GA
Jodiarme L. Szuszczewicz '94
Vienna, VA
Nancy J. Weigle '95
Fairfax, VA
Meredith J. Williams '95
Greensboro, NC
First Year Honors List
Class of 1997
Alicia Allen
Newnan, GA
Kabaye Berhanu
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Jill Butcher
Stillwater, NJ
Melanie Chriscoe
Lexington, NC
Kerry Coleman
Knoxville, TN
Erica Donahue
Wethersfield, CT
Annette Dusenbury
Falls Church, VA
Thea Galenes
San Antonio, TX
Stephanie Garcia
San Antonio, TX
Jill Gavitt
Exeter, Rl
Renee Gunn
Metairie, LA
Alison Hall
Dothan, AL
Elizabeth Hunter
Birmingham, AL
Holly James
Amherst, VA
Katherine Johnston
Jefferson City, MO
Alicia King
Wayland, OH
Wenhui Liang
Zhejiang, China
Connor Louis
Miami, FL
Margaret MacDonald
Clifton, VA
Karia Macon
Colorado Springs, CO
Kristen McCowan
Lexington, KY
Elizabeth Mcintosh
High Point, NC
Susanne Nifong
Winston-Salem, NC
Diana Osorio
Fairfax, VA
Jacqueline Pletscher
Idaho Falls, ID
Lucinda PoUey
Nashville, TN
Catherine Puro
Jacksonville, FL
Alexa Schriempf
Alexandria, VA
Ethel Stewart
Lynchburg, VA
Jennifer Swisher
Tallahassee, FL
Lisa Tedder
Marietta, GA
Kerry Thacker
Catlett, VA
Cassandra Thomas
Sykesville, MD
Amy Yakubinis
Lansdale, PA
Greetings from the Sweet
Briar College Libraries:
The needs of our community
are changing rapidly with the
times. The alumnae, administra-
tion, faculty, students, families,
and friends who use the library
have been requesting books on
tape, music on CDs, as well as
video discs at an alarming rate.
We need your help. If you have
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any of these items that you are
not planning to use, please
consider donating them to your
Sweet Briar College Libraries. All
donations of this type are tax
deductible. If you would like to
send us your unused CDs, video
tapes or discs, or books on tape,
please address them to the
attention of Lisa N. Johnston,
Head of Public Services, Mary
Helen Cochran Library, Sweet
Briar, VA 24595 (804-381-6306 or
E-Mail Injohnston @ sbc.edu.). If
you live in the area, we can
arrange to have large donations
picked up. Thank you in advance
for helping us build the library
collection in these areas.
Reading List for October
1994 Alumnae College
Cruise, The Danube Canal
Compiled by Professor Ingrid
Wieshofer of Agnes Scott College,
guest lecturer on the Danube
Canal tour, and SBC's Hattie Mae
Samford Professor of History
Michael D. Richards
Craig, Gordon A., The Germans
(NAL/Dutton 1991)
National Geographic, August
1992, pp. 3-31, article on Main-
Danube Canal
Laqueur, Walter, Europe in Our
Time: a History. 1945-1992
(Viking 1992)
Foreign Affairs, September/
October 1993, Stern, Fritz,
■'Unified Germany: Freedom and
Its Discontents"
Dcedalus, Winter 1994, Vol.123,
No.l, "Germany in Transition": a
series of articles by experts on
German affairs.
Recommended for those wishing
to delve into German affairs in
greater detail:
Ash, Timothy Garton, In
Europe's Name: Germany and the
Divided Continent (Random
House 1993)
Jarausch, Konrad H., 77je Rush
to German Unity (Oxford 1994)
Sue Reid Slaughter
Events 1993-94
• Winter Term Writers
Workshop
• Berlin Chamber Orchestra
• Gordon TuUock, speaker,
Jaquelene M. Browning
Memorial Lecture in
Economics
• Writers Series: Mary
Oliver; Sheriey Anne
Williams; Dorothy
Allison; Cornelius Eady;
Charlie Smith
Musical: Gypsy
E.xhibition: Loren Oliver: A
Retrospective
Exhibition: "Changing
Reality: Recent Soviet
Photography"
Lecture by Eileen Scully 78
on Sino-American history
Katherine Schupp '94:
"Family Portraits: Virginia
Indians' research project
"Science of Consciousness":
lecture/dialogue by J. E.
Rash and Emilios Bourtinoa
mini reunions
TOP: The Class of 1980 enjoyed a mini reunion March 2-7,
1994 at Vail, CO! L-r, 1st row: Jim Commers; Catherine
Flaherty; Dana Smith; Ann Connolly Reagan. 2nc) row: Janel
Hughes Wiles; Lillian Sinks Sweeney; Myth Monnich Bayoud;
Amy Campbell Lamphere; Lisa Sturkie Greenberg; Lind
Robinson Bussey; Jamie Beard Seigel. 3rd Row: John Wiles;
John Sweeney; David Bayoud; Jim Lamphere; Steve
Greenberg; John Bussey; Andy Seigel. BOTTOM: Dallas' mini
reunion at the Bistro dunng SBC Alumnae Council 10/93, l-r:
Cissy Humphrey '76, Dallas AAR; Melanie Bowen Steglich '78,
Alumnae Association Region IX chair; Brianna Boswell Brown '82,
Dallas AAR chair; Myth Monnich Bayoud '80, Alumnae
Association first vice president; Jill Redpath Noland '85. Dallas
Club president.
FRANCE
continued from page 7
On to Paris by another high-
speed train, to stay at the
centrally-located Hotel Lutetia
Concorde. An early-morning bus
tour of Paris oriented those
unfamiliar with this exciting city
so that we might disperse to
pursue museums, sights, and/or
shopping — whatever intere.sted
us. For me, it was the light...
The translucent white glass
in the domed ceiling of the
Musee D'Orsay, a converted
railroad station, lets natural light
illuminate Impressionist statues,
sculptures, and paintings. At the
Louvre, the pyramid's clear glass
structure allows unfiltered sun-
light to shine on museum visi-
tors in the central gathering
space.. .a wonderful effect from
the inside. Notre Dame's rich
and varied stained glass win-
dows filter the outside world's
light, encouraging quiet contem-
plation, creating a sacred reality.
At night, lights and laughter
emanate from the myriad cafes
and restaurants, especially from
the Blue Note Cafe where we
had our farewell dinner.
Most of all 1 shall treasure
the new lights in my life, the
people with whom I share the
Sweet Briar experience. We all
enjoyed each other so much,
making new friends and/or
renewing old ones. We had
artists and art historians, musi-
cians, historians specializing in
medieval times, politicians, and
business people to liven our
conversations. A special treat
was having Barbara and John
Hill with us. And we had Louise
Zingaro, our "shepherdess"
(notre bergere), Meredith
Sullenger of Bardith Travel Ltd.,
and Denise Pescataing to keep
us from going astray. A beauti-
fully organized Alumnae College
tour with man'elous partici-
pants! The memories will warm
me until 1 can go again to
France, home of the Sun King.
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
SWEET
BRIAR
COLLEGE
1928
Alice Babbitt Hackley writes that
she is still doing as well as could be
expected Virginia Van Winlile
Morlidge's grandson, Bailee, started a
business in Charlotte, On a visit to see
him, Virginia had a wonderful reunion with
Sarah Everett Toy. Virginia also had a
good visit in Cincinnati with Anne Brent
Winn '29, The Alumnae Office received the
sad news that Grace Sollitt died on Au-
gust 30, 1993.
1932
President: Marjorie Ward Cross
Secretary: Virginia Squibb Flynn
Fund Agent: Eleanor Wright
Conway
With great sadness I report the
death of classmates, Eleanor Nolte
Armstrong died May 7, 1993. Nolte
hailed from TX. In her several years at
Sweet Briar, Eleanor was very special to us.
Elizabeth Lockhart Beeson died on
September 30, 1993. Eleanor Arthur
Gardiner died, date unknown. Our sym-
pathy goes out to the families and friends
of our 3 classmates. Dorothy Smith
Berkeley sent us the sad news of the
death of her husband, Edmund, who died
suddenly on October 1, 1993. Dot also
reported the death of Marjorie Miller
Close's husband Jack who died several
weeks earlier. Marjorie will be living at lie
Bizard until the house can be sold. Our
sympathy is extended to Dot and Marge
whom we love dearly.
Henrietta Bryan Alphin's husband
Tom can farm again with the help of a
pacemaker. Friends and family can again
enjoy their farm Susanne Gay Linville
and Ed enjoy 4 grandchildren who live in
Rowayton, CT. Susanne feels the lack of an
Alumnae Club in Westchester. Nancy
Wilson Mann Jr. is still painting, enjoy-
ing her young families and their success-
ful and interesting activities. Emma
Green Kennon has moved to her "new
home" Canterbury Court, still in Atlanta.
Em writes it is warm and charming.
Eleanor Wright Conway is enjoying life
in an attractive retirement home in India-
napolis near her younger daughter Ruth
Willms and her family. El's daughter Laura
Nason '61 was with them lor Thanksgiv-
ing Jane Hays Dowler - message I
quote: "Depends on what you call news.
My family keep me interested in the
present and the future - not clinging too
much to the past - but I am indulging
myself in taking things easy - pills when
unavoidable. Best wishes, Iriend - may
1994 give you love and laughter."
Anna Gilbert Davey: Gussie and her
husband Hugh have moved like many
Briarites to a retirement community,
Carmel Valley Manor. Many lovely trips,
several elderhostel trips, visiting family.
Gussie still golfs and walks 2 miles daily.
Marion Malm Fowler: Pat keeps busy
seeing friends in San Diego. Recently at-
tended a beautiful luncheon celebrating the
60th anniversary of Stuart Groner
Moreno and her husband Jack. Pat visits
family frequently. Barbara Munter
Purdue writes that the fates have been
kind to them since "our 5 young families
seem to be well established." Their
9 grandchildren are a joy. Mildred
Larimer and Marjorey Gubelman '33 are
nearby in HI. Bob and Barbara will head for
HI in Jan Virginia Squibb Flynn:
Squibby and Jim have moved to Evergreen
Woods, N. Branford, CT - a "life care"
community. After 43 years in Darien the
decision was not easy. However, it gives
them a safe, secure feeling surrounded by
other interesting friendly "residents."
I keep in touch with Ruth Remon
McCrae, Katherine Scott Soles and
Hazel Stamps Collins Hazel lives part
time in Naples where Jim and I vacation. I
miss hearing from the rest of you. WRITE.
Make my job easier.
1936
President: Lucile Cox Jones
Secretary: Elizabeth Morton Hodges
Fund Agent: Margaret Smith
Thomasson
Thanks to the 22 of you who re-
sponded to my plea tor "happy" news.
Most of you did send happy news, but, of
course, there are some unavoidable cir-
cumstances. Sad news first. Many of our
classmates have died since I last wrote
Class Notes. When the Alumnae Office re-
ceives notification of a death, it sends a
letter to the family expressing our sympa-
thy. Names of the deceased are listed in a
future issue of the alumnae magazine, and
read at the Alumnae Memorial service dur-
ing reunion. I won't attempt to name all
who died this year, just the 2 classmates
you wrote about who died recently; Betty
Fesser MacLeay died in Oct., and Tory
Himes Beddoes in Nov. The one bright
spot that has come out of Tory's death,
writes Margaret Smith Thomasson, is
the renewing of her relationship with Mar-
garet Robertson Whitney "The upshot
of our correspondence is that anyone who
wants to make a contribution in memory
of a classmate (or anyone else) can make
a check of any size to the General
Scholarship Fund." Margaret Smith
Thomasson thinks this Is good informa-
tion to have!! TAKE NOTE.
Ruth Gilliam Viar's major back sur-
gery last fall ('92?) slowed her down and
caused her to miss reunion in '93, but she
now looks forward to getting back in the
mainstream. Good luck and congratula-
tions, Ruth. I received a card from Gail
Bird, saying her mother, Jarry West
Stearns, suffered a broken hip in a fall last
Feb. while visiting her and her family.
Since her release from the hospital she has
been in Mesa Christian Care Center, near
the Bird home. Her new address is: Mrs.
William Stearns, 466 N. San Jose Circle,
Mesa, AZ 85201.
The Class of 1936 is not lazy. We are
all doing something. We travel a lot - to
visit children and grandchildren or with
children and grandchildren, to attend bap-
tisms of great-grandchildren, celebrate an-
niversaries; we farm, garden, arrange
reunions, hike, attend weddings and
graduations and write, both prose and po-
etry. Some of us travel to faraway places;
Peggy Huxley Dick to New Zealand for
the fifth time! Ann Thomson Smith back
to Baja again. She had a wonderful trip to
Central America last March with her son.
Lillian Steele Cook went to CA and MT
in Oct. Lillian's eldest son, Frank Steele
Cook (grandson of the late Frank B. Steele)
was elected "Family Court Judge of Oneida
County, N.Y. - a 10 year position." She
says it was truly shocking to realize
she's the mother of a grandfather. Ann
Thomson Smith is in the same situation;
she is known as the mother of a grandfa-
ther. She and her son (Pete) each have 8
grandchildren! Both Lillian and Anne are
traveling grandmothers!
Sara (Sally) Doughtie Crile
Crocker arranged for her whole family to
have an Italian Christmas in Florence. She
said it was the perfect spot. Sally says
she'd like to catch up on her friends from
Sweet Briar days, and wishes more of them
would write. TAKE NOTE. I have a Sweet
Briar Directory and if you write me the
names of the classmates you want, I'll send
you their addresses. Or a new directory is
coming out in '95. Or contact the Alumnae
Office for the latest addresses,
Nancy Dicks Blanton and George
have 3 gorgeous grandsons to delight their
old age: the eldest is a jr. at Harvard. They
travel abroad once a year, enjoy the
beaches, and she enjoys bridge, garden-
ing and reading. A very nice life,
says Nancy. Since Margaret Smith
Thomasson lives here in Lynchburg, I
phoned her about her oldest grandson's
approaching marriage which was "hinted
at" on her card, and 'tis tme! She and Rusty
will gain their first granddaughfer-in-law
2/5 in Columbus, GA. She says "Oh yes,
of course they'll be going!" "Smitty" is our
real hiker. She goes once a week on the
Appalachian Trail (except in Dec.) and cov-
ers 4-f miles a day! "Smitty" has another
granddaughter who is a House Page in the
General Assembly in Richmond. This is
their third grandchild to serve in this ca-
pacity Margaret Robertson Whitney
told me she assembled a booklet of the po-
etry she enjoys writing. Naturally I re-
sponded since I enjoy writing too - prose,
not poetry - and asked her to send me a
booklet, which she did, suggesting I send
it to the Sweet Briar Library when I finished
with it. This I have done. The pieces deal
with the things that become important as
we look back, and also with what comes
along when one is a septuagenarian. Mar-
garet Whitney says, "I applaud your hopes
for happy news to print. If I had it to do
over, I'd be content with a repeat of the
people I've known and the family I've had.
Sweet Briar provided friends I still cher-
ish " Connie Warner McElhinney is
another traveler. Last year she went to the
Outer Banks, ME and Nantucket and most
recently a super 2 wks on the spectacular
OR Coast. She has a hiker granddaughter,
who, with a friend will start in April and
hike the entire Appalachian Trail from GA
to ML Katahdin in ME! Lucille Scott
Knoke visited Sweet Briar in '92 when her
granddaughter, Ann, graduated. She re-
ports that Sweet Briar remains beautiful
and driving all around the campus brought
back many happy memories.
Betty Cocke Winfree says all is well
with her and hers. Her other granddaugh-
ter was married in Sept. The whole family
was there and they had a wonderful
time. She looks fonward to spring and gar-
dening again. Grace Louise Carney
McCarthy and husband, John, celebrated
their 57th anniversary 10/3. Congratula-
tions, Grace! Sophia C. Brown and hus-
band, Ed, continue working on their farm
and in their flower garden. Sophia had a
new great granddaughter who was born in
Salt Lake City. Sophia hasn't seen her yet
- just tapes and pictures. Frances
Marshall Baker Lamb is an ardent
Democrat. Fran and her husband gave an
Empire sewing table (too fancy for them,
she said) to the White House. She enjoys
the receptions at the State Department un-
der the charming Clement Conger.
Kathleen Donahue McCormackcame
to VA from Green Bay, Wl, twice last year
as far as Fairfax for the June and Septem-
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ber weddings of 2 of fier granddaugfiters.
Sfie spent tfie holidays witfi fier son, Den-
nis, and family.
Jane Shelton Bowers writes witfi a
fiealthy attitude. Stie is thankful for her
health, and her precious children and
grandchildren who are scattered from TN
to Boston to Germany and who knows
where; U. S. Navy and nursing school at
Johns Hopkins. Jane says her wonderful
Sweet Briar friend, Mary Poindexter
Willingham, continues to be cheerful,
altho' she lost her Ann - cancer surgery.
Jane's great faith, family and friends, sus-
tain her. I was delighted, and happily sur-
prised to hear from Arne Susong Jones,
and not |ust because she wanted to know
where she could get one of my books! (She
knows now she gets them from me. I
mailed her one immediately.) Arne likes to
write also. She and John M. are grateful
to be alive and enjoying their 5 children
and their spouses, and their 5 grandchil-
dren. John IVI. is the publisher of 14 Ten-
nessee newspapers, is in his office each
day, and Arne writes a weekly column for
the Flagship paper in Greenville, TN.
A late card from Peg Lloyd Bush
says her husband. Bill, passed away last
Sept. (I don't believe the Alumnae Office
does the same thing for husbands). Peg is
now enjoying traveling. She went to CA
last year and is going to another part of CA
this year and to the Canadian Pacific.
Katie Niles Parker writes she and
Franklin feel lucky to be alive and well
They see their 4 children, 14 grandchildren
and 2 great grandchildren often. They
haven't been traveling lately nor have they
seen many Sweet Briar classmates. Their
activities are mostly centered in their com-
munity and their church. Esther O'Brian
Windebank says "Happiness 1993 is
having had cataract removed by ultra-
sound. No more glasses!" Thanks Esther,
that is a piece of happy news. I realize all
too well you are buried in snow and bitter
weather. Lynchburg likewise today, 1/18
temp. 12 degrees. 1993 was an eventful
year for me - Lib Hodges. Some happy,
some not. I enjoyed going to Birmingham
for 5/1 wedding festivities of my eldest
grandson. t\yiy second great granddaugh-
ter was born in June and I enjoyed an over-
night trip 1/94 to Richmond for her
baptism. Lots of family members were
there. In June I had heart surgery - a four
way by-pass. Barney died July 5th. Not a
happy summer, but it had a happy out-
come. Like so many, I feel lucky to be alive
and well at the end of 1993.
The happiest event was the completion
in Dec. of a home for women and children
- IVliriam's House. This is a transitional
home where 36 homeless mothers and
their children will receive professional
training and guidance to prepare them to
live up to their potential. You may have
seen the article about it in the spring '94
alumnae magazine. It is our dream that
IVIiriam's House will furnish shelter, and
more, as long as there are homeless in our
midst.
Lucille Scott Knoke Her happiest
news was her trip to Ireland, Wales, Scot-
land and England with her son, Paul. Her
next exciting news will be becoming a
great-grandmother in Feb! Lucile Cox
Jones said she waited for happy news,
and it came in the form of a good response
to her health problem. Bless you Lucile. I
know you feel better when you extended an
invitation to me to visit. I appreciate it! A
LATER NOTE Mary Virginia Camp
Smith wrote from Raleigh. She and her
family travel a lot in this country, and
abroad. She's grateful that she is active and
participates in the Museum of Art (N.C.),
t\/luseum of History and Historic Preserva-
tion groups, church activities and a Book
Club. She, with a friend and one other
Daisy Chain member attended the first of
the January Forums last year. They spent
the night in the new Florence Elston Inn.
A big change.
1940
President: Emory Gill Williams
Vice President: Jane Bush Long
Secretary: Ruth Mealand Schwartz
Fund Agent: Betty Frantz Roberts
Katherine Hill Apperson still en-
joys life at Sharon Towers in Charlotte, NC.
The husband of her daughter, Ellen
Apperson Brown '72, was ordained at St.
John's Episcopal Church in Roanoke, VA.
'Kitty' saw IVIolly Talcott Dodson '38 at the
ceremony. She sees IVIartha Jean Brooks
f\/liller '41 at Book Club. A message,
penned by Margaret Dowell Kearney,
from Eleanor Bosworth Badal, reads
"All Dear Classmates,...Thank you for your
concern and your prayers while (Ellie) has
been trying to combat cancer. Your letters
and prayers are a support and comfort We
wish the best to all. Fondly, Ellie and
Maggie " Eleanor Bosworth Badal
passed away 2/3/94.
Mary Height Black found a thigh
cracked, after exercising, in spring '93.
Mary moved into a cottage near Sea Girt,
NJ, where one can still bathe on the
beaches even though ■93's storms tore
them apart Blair Bunting Both had
acute tendonitis but improved enough to
visit her grandchildren in CO 7/4, and con-
tinue volunteering at the DE Hospice, soup
kitchen, and other church activities. She
took 2 French courses - a boon last Sept.
when they rented a house in St. Remy de
Provence in France for 2 wks. Their daugh-
ter, Blair Both '65 returned to Raleigh af-
ter a sabbatical in Wales. Agnes Spencer
Burke visited son Jack and his family in
San Francisco, and a brother in Seattle,
where she chatted - almost all day! - with
Beth Thomas Mason. Agnes occasion-
ally sees Stuart Hensley Woodward
who lives in nearby Ft, Belvoir, VA. Both
Agnes and Stuart have had total hip re-
placements. Agnes enjoys golf and an an-
nual reunion at the family place on Squam
Lake, NH Virginia Leggett Cameron
still finds volunteering in West Palm
Beach, FL as counselor for Planned Par-
enthood both challenging and rewarding.
She is making a quilt for a granddaughter.
Barbara Smith Carter and Norm cel-
ebrated Christmas in Brielle, NJ 3 times as
their families were unable to convene on
the 25th. In Jan. the Carters were in Vero
Beach, FL for 3 mos. and planned to see
Constance Currie Fleming and El in
Stuart, FL, plus, hopefully, Elizabeth
Ivins Haskins and Bill. Norm attended
his 55th Reunion at Princeton 6/93. Later
they flew to Grey Rocks, Canada with a
group for golf and bridge. Marjorie
Stock Clemens is still busy with her
family and volunteering in St. Joseph, Ml.
Hortense Powell Cooper spends time
in Washington, DC with the children of her
busy Congress-member son, Jim and his
wife, Martha Hays Cooper '76. Jim is run-
ning for the Senate seat in TN vacated by
Al Gore, and Hortense is giving a big help-
ing hand. A 2nd son is in Nashville, a 3rd
son is in San Francisco. Jacqueline
Sexton Daley went to Mexico with rela-
tives in spring '93. At home in Belmont,
CA, 'Jackquie' drives for FISH and helps
to buy food for a halfway house. This food
very often means beans! So a cooking
class "just for beans" is given to the oc-
cupants Mary Sue Kllham Davis said
'92 and '93 were her worst years ever -
healthwise, kid-wise, and otherwise, in
Alexandria, VA. She is regaining her
strength, and sees her 4 children more of-
ten as they all live in VA now. Nancy
Haskins Elliot of Pasadena, CA loves to
sail and she and David did just that on a
Clipper ship in the Windward Islands.
Ramona Spurlock Fite of Nashville, TN
and Calvin had a 50th wedding anniv. re-
union of daughters from NY, Wl and TN
joining them at Gulf Shores, AL, along with
spouses and children. Constance Currie
Fleming is having fun with her 20 active
grandchildren, one a soph, at Princeton.
'Connie' and El spend summers in
Chatham, NJ, and winters in Stuart, FL,
seeing several SBC classmates. The
Flemings' 50th anniv. in June was to be
spent at 'Skytop' with the whole family.
Clara Call Frazier moved to a new ad-
dress, still in Bristol, TN, where she tended
one of her twin sons, John, following a se-
rious automobile accident 3/93. He now is
able to walk again. Clara's daughter and
granddaughter still live with Clara and Bill
and gave some help. Adelaide Boze
Glascock is a great help in sending class
news from Richmond, VA. 'Polly' read her
'93 summer alumnae magazine while on an
Elderhostel trip with Jim to Vienna, which
included a cruise on the Danube. They then
drove around Austria for a wk. Polly says
she still preferred SBC's trip to Austria in
85. Polly and Emory Gill Williams are
working together on the Richmond Com-
mittee for SBC's campaign. Polly wrote
that Marion Phinizy Jones of Arcadia,
CA lost her husband in '93; that Mary
Petty Johnston Bedell of Richmond, VA
is not very well; and that Mildred Moon
Montague is still Chattanooga's 'First
Lady'. Last Sept., Polly saw Mary Jane
Burnett Hill of Tucson, AZ, along with
Mary Miller Sharp and Ann Adamson
Taylor, both of Baltimore, at an SBC gath-
ering in Baltimore. She also sent a notice
of our late Jane Goolrick Murrell's hus-
band, Dr Thomas' death in Richmond.
Jane Baker Grant is settled now in
Hancock, ME with her Dandi Corgi, hav-
ing sold her aunt's home nearby. Jane
added an attached garage and rebuilt 3
chimneys. At Christmas. Jane welcomed
son, Hal and his family back to Long Is-
land after 18 mos. in England. He is with
Reuters H.Q. in Hauppage. Reba Smith
Gromel is fine, busy with bridge and vol-
unteering at the school near her retirement
village in Midlothian, VA. She is president
of the women's group there at Brandermill
Woods. Her '93 highlight was a cruise to
Canada. Jane Hopkins Hale plays golf,
does hospital volunteer work in Winston-
Salem, NC and sees her children and
grandchildren often. Georgia Herbert
Hart loves being the only grandmother for
her 8 grandchildren, as well as being with
George, "in the same old house, in the
same old yard." That yard was designated
a National Backyard Habitat some years
ago by the Wildlife Federation. Georgia is
playing golf since her hip replacement, and
has won more tournaments. Their son's
wife attended a riding seminar at SBC in
'93; the 3 granddaughters also ride and
belong to a hunt club. Elizabeth Ivins
Haskins has never complained but finally
admitted to having had a setback after her
cataract operation. She is still recuperat-
ing from that and from radiation treatments
following a hysterectomy operation. Ivy
and Bill were able to plan a visit to FL,
seeing the Carters and the Flemings, and
flee the winter in Concord, MA. Ruth
Collins Henry leads a very interesting
life, not only in Paeonian Springs, VA but
also with her widespread family; one
daughter, in Santa Ana, CA, and her
family; a son with family and dogs in
Binghamton, NY; while another daughter,
in Leesburg, VA, presented Ruthie her 7th
grandchild. Besides visiting her sister in
Seattle, Ruthie sometimes travels with
Jean Tyree Oseth of Alexandria, VA.
She missed the March East Coast blizzard
by being in Honduras, Belize, and Guate-
mala looking at Maya ruins. Rosemary
Bjorge Johnson's new home in Madi-
son, Wl is just right for this part of her life.
She visited FL, CA and the Black Hills of
SD, where they had a family reunion. Then
Brittany and England before Christmas at
her son's home in Berwyn, PA with a
daughter and her new family from Minne-
apolis and another daughter from Denver.
Helen Cornwell Jones letters from
Princeton, NJ show her to have regained
her vitality after her major heart operation
in '92. Helen and Homer saw Barbara
Smith Carter, her former roommate, and
Norm at the Jersey Shore last summer
Margaret Dowell Kearney drove from
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McLean, VA to Cleveland Hts., OH for
short visits witti Eleanor Bosworth
Badal during 1993, and was a great tielp
and comfort to all of ttie Badals.
Anne Waring Lane and tier son.
Mills Lane IV are still restoring old down-
town tiouses in Savannah, GA. Annie
Rocl(well '80 moved to Savannah from
Dayton, OH and is a wonderful help to
Anne and to Savannah. At home, Anne
enjoys her 2 cocker spaniels. Eleanor
Snow Lea and Tat, like many of us, do
not travel as far from home as was once
done. Instead they welcome many visitors
to their home in Pawlet, VT, but do not
welcome the many visiting deer in their
gardens! Jane Bush Long and Gene take
weekend trips to Jane's sister, Mariana
Bush King and Bob's home in Avon Park,
FL - or vice versa. Jane wrote of Marion
Phinizy Jones' husband being buried in
Augusta 1 1/93 and also said that Maggie
Dowell Kearney has been very kind to
their son, Hugh and his wife and 5 chil-
dren after they moved to Alexandria, VA.
Beth Thomas Mason said '93 was a
good SBC year for her and Tate in Seattle.
They shared 'good wines' with Margaret
Royal Davis and Jim. Beth had a
wonderful 'Ma Bell' visit with Agnes
Spencer Burke while in Seattle visiting
her brother: followed by a lovely unex-
pected visit from Kathleen (Kay) Allen
Ward from Green Valley, AZ. SBC's lovely
President Hill and her husband were in
Seattle to tell the West Coasters about cur
campus, Beth loved it then, and knows she
would still love it now. In 2/93, Beth and
Tate's youngest daughter married by elop-
ing, with someone they like! The Masons
later took a "Mississippi Queen" cruise.
Marion Daudt McBride was fortu-
nate in Chesterfield, MO during '93's sum-
mer floods. She was and is high and safe,
but flood waters were only 1 1/2 miles
away. Marion and her daughter took a de-
lightful 10-day trip to Canada. A cruise in
May took her through the Panama Canal.
Christmas '93 was spent in Washington,
DC with her daughter. Martha Janney
Smith McGowan had 4 days celebrating
her 75th birthday in Rialto, CA, including
a stay with Chuck at The Mission Inn in
Riverside. After a visit in Orlando, FL with
a daughter. Chuck decided to have a hip
replacement operation. A Phi Beta Kappa
granddaughter is in med. school, while
Martha's youngest is in Italy with her hus-
band who is stationed there. One of Eliza-
beth Gockley McLellan and Bob's
granddaughters was married in Charles-
ton. Nickie and Bob had 2 nice holidays,
one at The Homestead, another at The
Greenbriar. New Year's '93 was spent with
Ethel {'Butch') GurneyBetz '41.
The 'Winterthur' Summer '93 Magazine
had an article about Lois Fernley
McNeil's opening a gallery in memory of
her late husband, Henry, containing
American furniture collected by the
McNeils. Lois' summers at home in
Plymouth Meeting, PA are spent in her
garden of roses and lilies, and winters in
her orchid greenhouses - with some mid-
winter mos. in the Bahamas, lishing and
shelling. She has 13 grandchildren and
3 great grandchildren, who love to visit.
Mildred Moon Montague's husband,
Bill, at 80 is on oxygen now at night. She
has sciatica, but medication and a cane
helped her enough so that they could go
to The Cloisters. An article in the Jr.
League's magazine of May '92 says that
Mildred was the first recipient of the Jr.
League of Chattanooga's 'Elise Chapin
Moon' (Mildred's mother) Sustainer
Award. Mildred's community extends from
her home in Lookout Mountain, TN to
SBC's. She wrote as soon as she learned
about the death of a daughter of Martha
Rector McGee's, in a one-car accident
on a slippery road, just before Christmas,
leaving in Greenville, SC a husband and
3 children. Martha and Bob McGee live in
Roanoke, VA, not too far from Betty
Frantz Roberts who also wrote of the
accident immediately. Betty and Tom are
enjoying his retirement in Lynchburg, VA
with their children nearby. A daughter,
Mary Denton, is prof, of biology at Radford
Univ., her husband being in microbiology
research at VPI. Son, Tom, Jr., continues
in the manufacturing business, founded by
Betty's lather in 1914, in Salem. These 2
families provide grandchildren lor Belly
and Tom to enjoy.
C.P. Neel has bucked the cancer-
odds now lor 10 yrs. in Atlanta. Spring '93
found C.P. in Daytona Beach for 2 mos.,
where she chatted with Mildred Mitchell
Gillis in Ormond Beach, FL. 'Mickie' was
unable to meet C.P, for lunch lor health
reasons. C.P. asks all cancer patients to
write to her so that she can give them the
'secret' of mental imagery and to whom to
write. She stays in contact with Margaret
Katterjohn McCollum and Katherine
Hodge Soaper in Henderson, KY, and
hears thai Mary Lee Settle Tazewell is
a fantastic professor at UVA. Louise
Partrick Newton and Francis were in
Italy again for the academic (Duke Univ.)
year 1992-93, in Cassino. Francis finished
his Magnus Opus on the Monte Cassino
scriptorium in the 11th century. Louise
works on Latin and Arabic mss. for him.
Their work took them to Germany and
to Istanbul where they hoped that Martha
Dabney Jones '29 could join them.
Dorothy Campbell O'Connor misses
the SBC Club in Westchester. Dottie and
Bill have 15 grandchildren and still go to
FL regularly. Their eldest daughter adopted
a baby boy from Paraguay.
Carrlngton Lancaster Pasco is
still 'on her feet'! as is her husband. They
travel and enjoy their 12 grandchildren and
2 grands in or near Richmond, VA. Ann
Adamson Taylor moved from her his-
torical home but still lives in Baltimore.
Ann plans to stay at 3900 North Charles
St., Apt. 202, through the elections of '94
as she is still active in the Republican
Party. Eventually she will go back to Rich-
mond and to a retirement home. Her
daughter still travels the world. Always
good to hear from Helen W. Taylor,
M.D., now settled in a retirement
place in Norfolk, VA. Ellen McClintock
Templeton is still ecstatic about her
newly-built home on a hill facing the Ruby
Mts. in NV, where she is becoming active
in Elko's town activities. Her son and his
wife also live in Elko. Her daughter lives
in Sacramento, CA, and works for the state.
In winter, Ellen goes to San Diego. Evelyn
Williams Turnbull is still hostessing' at
the Miller Center for Public Affairs, and
walking her big dogs in Charlottesville, VA.
Active Irene Vongehr Vincent has
knee problems. Physiotherapy has helped
but the rains have not, living as they do on
Bainbridge Island, WA. Irene remains op-
timistic, though, and lor her husband,
John, recovering after 8 wks. of radiation
for 'early' cancer detection. Irene still has
yrly. reunions with her China h.s. class-
mates, and sees their children in CT, WA,
and CA. I can't keep up with Ann Conant
Weaver with her several houses! She
moved into the one in Denver tor the win-
ter from Grand Lake, CO. Anne got rid of
her snowmobile and sailboats and doesn't
expect to ski much as her hands have
'given out'. She goes Elderhosteling fre-
quently Emory Gill Williams, our Class
President, and her retired surgeon hus-
band spend summers at their place in ME.
Emory, with Polly Boze Glascock are
the Richmond Community Campaign Co-
chairmen for the SBC fund-raising. Emory
enjoys working with Polly, who is so well-
organized and helpful. Christmas with the
Williams' large family, plus a 50th b'day
party for their oldest, Dabney Williams
McCoy '65, was a most busy affair. Emory
and Carrington plan a Scandinavian trip in
Aug. Cynthia Noland Young and Karl
left their home in Southport, NC for their
former one in CT. A son and his wife in
Boulder, CO gave the Youngs a new grand-
child 1/94.
Laurence and I still enjoy puttering
around our home and garden and giving a
helping hand to his companies, for which
our son, John, is now the president. We
had several family reunions; 2 out East, 1
here at home and another with our daugh-
ter and her 3, now down south in MS on
the Gull Coast. Our son and his wife,
Laurence and I flew there to bring a little
Santa Claus joy while her husband was
deployed to the Naval Base in Spain as the
CO., until 2/94. Our eldest grandson,
Brian at 1 6, earned his Eagle Seoul Award,
and is lollowing in his grandfather's steps
by winning many track races. The other 2,
ages 10 and 3, are bright and full of the old
dickens.
Please continue to keep in touch so
that we can all keep in touch with each
other and with SBC. May peace be with
you all and good health.
1944
President: Louise Smith Barry
Secretary: Helen Gravatt Watt
Fund Agent: Sydney Holmes Bales
It's hard to believe that by the time
this newsletter is published we'll have
celebrated our 50lh Reunion!
First, some sad news. Anne Mitchell
Betty died last April. I know we all send
our sympathy to her family.
The mini-reunion in Savannah in
March was a great success, from all ac-
counts. Anita Lippitt Clay, the hostess,
was ably assisted by Peggy Gordon
Seller, whose former home is now open
to the public as the birthplace of Juliette
Gordon Low, Peggy's aunt and the founder
of the Girl Scouts. Soon after the reunion
Anita lett for Argentina to visit her son.
Peggy and husband Bob's daughter, Mar-
garet, was married in June to Hovey Brock,
an artist, and son Robin and his wife, who's
an Episcopal priest, have adopted a baby
girl, bringing much joy to the whole family.
"Mugsie" Abrash Shapiro is still
active in helping Russian newcomers to
Richmond learn English as a second lan-
guage. She visited the Holocaust Museum
in Washington and thinks it "a must for
anyone's education - spiritual and aca-
demic." She and her husband plan to visit
England in May Dotty Bradley Arnold
had a busy year attending creative writing
classes at the U. of KY. Between writing,
teaching Sunday School, bed and break-
fast and boards, she enjoys her children
and grandchildren. She visited Janet
Staples Munt in VT last summer and is
now in FL for the winter. Also in FL are
Margy Brendlinger Robinson and
Walt, after celebrating Christmas with a big
family reunion - 16 in all, with 6 under the
age of 5. Millie Brenizer Lucas's grand-
daughter, Emily Hubert, was married 10/
19 in Richmond to Charles Dubose of
Charlotte I saw Virginia Burgess
Struhsaker in CA in Aug. and she keeps
as busy as ever with volunteer work. She
and Mimi Etheridge Wood both regret
having to miss Reunion because of long-
planned trips at that time. Helen Crump
Cutler's children are scattered far and
wide. She and Jack still get to London
twice a year and keep a small flat there
which their children and grandchildren
love to squeeze into at vacation times.
Ellen Boyd Duval Miller and Billy
had both children home for Christmas,
plus son Read's English bride. We had
lunch with E.B. and Billy in early Dec. and
enjoyed seeing them in Lexington when
Billy attended a meeting to plan for his
50th reunion at Washington and Lee.
Nancy Eagles O'Bannon and Whit had
a wonderful cruise last spring from San
Diego through the Panama Canal. Both she
and Whit had major operations last year,
but are fine now and recently enjoyed a trip
to New England and Canada. Marty Falk
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Vallery took the SBC trip to Italy 5/93 and
enjoyed it greatly. "Longe" visited tier in
FL last Marcti and ttiey mini-mini-reuned
with Brad and Janet Staples Munt. Betty
Farinholt Cockrill and Jim's grand-
daughter interviewed at W&L and Bill en-
joyed seeing them. Betty Haverty Smith
and Alex' youngest child, Bill, was married
in Nov. to another writer in Flat Rock, NC.
Bill owns and publishes a small newspa-
per, is on the staff of a magazine and also
tree-lances. Alex plans to retire in June
Alice Hepburn Puleston's granddaugh-
ter (18) Sings and her grandson (11) is a
formidable hockey and soccer player, and
Grandma loves to listen and watch!
Martha Lee Hoffman IVIcCoy and
Mac's most exciting news is the birth of a
granddaughter, Corinne Sheffield McCoy
in Oct. in Roanoke, where Corinne's father
practices hematology and oncology.
Louise Konsberg Noll and Bill s oldest
grandson, David, is a sr. at American U.
in Washington. Son Bill and his family live
in Allendale, NJ and daughter Penny and
hers live in Cazenovia, NY where Penny is
director of Cazenovia Children's House, a
child care center Persis Ladd Herold
writes that her welcome was so warm at
our 45th Reunion that she hopes to get
back for our 50th. Also planning to be with
us are Babe Loveland Swanbeck and
Ray Ellie Lament Trippe and her hus-
band enjoy life on the Eastern Shore and
travel quite a bit, but can't wait to get home
to the grandbabies and dogs. Alice
Lancaster Buck and Pete had a busier
than usual year, chairing events for the
25th anniv. of the Church of the Apostles,
for which they also wrote the official history.
In July they had a wonderful 10-day cruise
on the QE II along the coast of Nonway, and
in Aug. a family gathering at Smith Moun-
tain Lake. Alice and Pete are both involved
in premarital counseling and Alice heads
the Women's ministry at their church.
Paulett Long Taggart and Ganson
attended the mini-reunion in Savannah
and then traveled on to the Florida Keys.
In the spring Peggy and Bob Seller visited
the Taggarts in their new home. Last year
marked the 20th anniv. of Paulett's
Winchester Drama Workshop, which was
celebrated with a demonstration and
party Frances Longino Schroder and
Hughes enjoyed several family reunions
with their children in Atlanta. The first get-
together occurred during the March bliz-
zard - no heat for 57 hrs! Eleanor
Goodspeed Abbott sold her house and
is living in an apartment temporarily, while
waiting for her new retirement home to be
finished. "Goodie" welcomed a grand-
daughter, Alison Abbott, and has talked on
the phone with Marge Eggers Perry and
Pat Stickney. Marge and Ray Perry cel-
ebrated their 50th wedding anniv., and Pat
is about to embark on a trip to Japan.
Phyllis Tenney Dowd and Herb moved
into their new retirement home in Chapel
Hill and are delighted with it. Less pleas-
ing was the trauma of selling their house
in Reston and reducing their belongings
for "down-sizing." But it's a real plus to be
done with lawnmower, rake and shovel!
Sloan Hawkins Ward and Si wel-
comed a new granddaughter, the child of
their daughter Lisa, SB '80. Sloan and Si
will be going to Australia and New Zealand
the first of May, but hope to be with us for
part of Reunion at least. They plan to move
to a retirement complex in Tryon, NC in
about a year Kay Mensing Teitgen and
Ralph had a memorable and exciting time
at the Rose Bowl. Kay says the whole thing
was beyond her every expectation. They've
gone to FL for 2 mos, and plan to combine
Ralph's 50th reunion and ours during a trip
East in May Ann Moore Remington
spent a weekend with Jane Rice
McPherson and says she's having a great
time in Indianapolis. Ann still travels as
much as possible-cruises preferred. Pat
Whitaker Waters reports that all is well
with her family-their 4 children and 7
grandchildren are all thriving. Jinnie
Noyes Plllsbury attended a 24-day
Elderhostel in Turkey in Feb. -
archeologically oriented and very interest-
ing. In April she travelled to Nicaragua and
in Nov. took part in an Elderhostel in Po-
land, a service project with Global Volun-
teers teaching English to adult students -
all of them eager, she reports.
Murrell Richards Chadsey spent
Christmas with her younger son, Lee
Bowden, at the hotel he manages in
Manchester, VT accompanied by her older
son, Garrett. Ricky plans a trip to Japan in
April. Jean Ryan Kehl and Bill planned
to spend Christmas in San Antonio and
were looking forward to the missions and
various festivities. Marian Shanley
Jacobs and Bill survived the flood of the
century, but Des Moines was hard hit. They
hauled water from their swimming pool to
the house and drank bottled water for al-
most a month. In Oct. they attended Bill's
50th reunion at Virginia Seminary, where
the Archbishop of Canterbury was guest
speaker. They welcomed their first grand-
son, William Phelps Jacobs, in Nov. Sally
Skinner Behnke's riding career came to
an abrupt halt after a bad fall. She's line
now and keeps busy raising money for the
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
and other projects. Adeline Taylor
Nunez writes that her health is improving
and she's getting back to gardening.
Louise Smith Barry and Sydney
Holmes Bales drove down together to
Alumnae Council in Oct. Also there for our
Alumnae Reunion committee meeting were
Sally Anderson Bowley, Barbara
Duncombe Stoup, Phyllis Tenney
Dowd, Jean Blanton Murphy, Emily
Ann Wilkins Mason, Jinnie Noyes
Plllsbury and me. We attended various
ceremonies and enjoyed being back on
campus. Louise had just returned from
hiking in the Austrian Alps and thought the
Blue Ridge looked much friendlier and
more accessible.
Libby Vaughan Bishop went East in
Oct, to NYC and NH for a flower arranging
workshop and witnessed "a glorious New
England autumn." Marjorie Willetts
Maiden and a friend joined "Dykie"
Watts Fournler and Paul on a voyage
down the Mississippi last summer - great
fun! "Fence" Williams Gookin and Ri-
chard had a busy year. He served as Act-
ing U.S. Chiel of Protocol for the first 7
mos. of the yr. They had a lovely business/
pleasure trip to Puerto Rico in March and
the usual family holiday at the Cape in
July. Also a great trip to England where
they visited family in Nonwich and toured
castles and gardens in Yorkshire.
"Snookle" Woods Williamson and
Rush are en|oying their retirement village
in Waverly, OH more each year. They at-
tended 2 Elderhostels in the U.S. last
sprmg. "Tee" Tift Porter talked to Tina
White Murray and Wilhemlna Cullen
Robertson on the phone for the first time
in 49 years in the course of her duties as
one of our Reunion Gifts Chairmen. Other
co-chairmen are Mary Jane Brock and
Jean Blanton Murphy.
Bill and I had planned a Mississippi
River cruise last summer, too, but the flood
re-routed us to the Tennessee and Ohio
rivers on the Mississippi Queen. We also
enjoyed visiting our younger son, Bill, and
his wile in Colorado Springs.
1948
President: Eleanor Potts Snodgrass
Secretary: Maddin Lupton McCallie
Fund Agents: Meon Bower
Harrison, Martha Davis Barnes,
Anne Ryland Ricks Griffin
A real alpenglow emanates from the
cards and letters from our classmates who
got back to The Patch for our fascinating
45th or a sincere sadness pervades the
messages from those who were unable to
attend last May, Since so many of us are
celebrating our 50th reunion from h.s.,
let's begin to build up steam for 1998! II
we had not just gotten back in our grooves
in Oct. we would all have gone back to see
our Ann Samford Upchurch be named
Alumna of the Year and see the dedication
of the Samuel Upchurch wing and then
hear Ann's twin doctor daughters speak at
the convocation. A note from Ann de-
scribes it as "the greatest honor I have ever
gotten" and she sends her thanks to class
buddies Pottsie Snodgrass, Wayne
Stokes Goodall, Peggy Sheffield
Martin and Tom, Liz Barbour McCrea,
Jane Luke, Vi Whitehead Morse,
Meon Bower Harrison as well as all 3
of her children and 9 grands who gave her
moral support as she faced a chapel full of
faculty and students. Ann is busy raising and
selling cattle and working with the admin-
istration of the Amateur Golf Association.
Wayne Stokes Goodall agreed with
Ann that it was "a glorious occasion, beau-
tiful weather, warm hospitality at the Inn
and we were all a proud group there to
honor our generous classmate." Jane
Luke spoke of reunion as "one of 1993's
happiest gatherings topped off by The
Founders Day dedication of the Upchurch
wing." Jane plans a Feb. trip to New
Zealand and a June return to the Cape.
Meon Bower Harrison tells of their
swapping houses lor a mo. with a couple
in England whom they got to know at a
Southern Cathedral Choir Festival in 1990.
Some of the Harrison children joined them
for driving about the English countryside
before they went to Germany for a 10 mo.
study. Meon is still Recording tor the Blind
in between chasing deer and squirrels off
their Fox Run Lane in Charlottesville. Vi
Whitehead Morse and Walter celebrated
their 45th anniv. and had all 4 daughters,
3 husbands and 4 grands at Christmas. Vi
delighted in seeing her grands sledding
down the Amherst hills she enjoyed as a
child. Our energetic class president
Eleanor Potts Snodgrass does not
miss an opportunity to stay in touch with
classmates so we know she will run into
some at the Garden Club ol America meet-
ing in HI after she and Strib spend Feb. and
March near Delray FL. She'll be at her Na-
tional Cathedral School's 50th too.
Liz Graves Perkinson and children
spent Christmas in Venezuela and learned
that daughter Gigi planned to marry with
brother Jon following suit 6 wks. later!
Pottsie and McCall Henderson
Revercomb attended Gigi s Marguer-
ite Rucker Ellett claims that reunions
are abundant with her St. Catherine's and
Taz's VMI. The Elletts plan a trip to England
in early summer. We always enjoy hearing
that Helen Pender Withers and Burks
have joined the Elletts for sharing mutual
grandchildren in Alexandria. Martha
Mansfield Clement writes of her plea-
sure in a new townhouse in Alexandria
near grandkids and city lights. She sees
Nancy Vaughn Kelly weekly at church
and enjoyed the Sweet Briar "do" at the
National Press Club last fall with Audrey
Lahman Rosselot and Liz Barbour
McCrea. Ginny Wurzbach Vardy so
loves children that she continues to teach
3 days a wk. and plans to volunteer after
she does retire. A June trip to CA and a
July Elderhostel are planned after getting
good health reports. Kax Berthier
McKelway and John give thanks for good
health and for a summer drive about Scot-
land with their 2 daughters.
Patty Trangott Rouse and Jim are
still working full time at the Enterprise
Foundation. They plan to be in Norfolk for
the wedding of one of Indie Lindsay
Bilisoly's daughters Betsy Anderson
Gorrell and Woodrow leave their winter
storm damage in St. Albans, WV and set
out in their RV for the Carolinas, AL, TX
and AZ. Betsy's mother now lives in a re-
tirement home in Roanoke and her sister
lives nearby so that is a place they visit.
Ewy Sharp Vidal, a faithful and fasci-
nating contributor to this space, regrets
missing reunion but reports on her trav-
els in '93 with her "Significant Other" -
twice to Mexico including a birthday bash
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of a tormer beau who was a French Count
and is now a Duke, then on to Paris and
Geneva (or another triend's birthday, then
on to AZ, New England, CA, from San
Francisco to Palm Springs. Back home she
is still an Executive with the crystal com-
pany Durand International and restoring
pre-civil war houses in IVIauricetown, NJ.
Connie Hancock Getman and
Albert are comfortably situated in their
winterized summer home in Cazenovia,
NY, where they enjoy "country living" with
golf, cross-country skiing, volunteering,
traveling, and welcoming an 8th grand-
child Closey Faulkner Dickey and Whit
spent spring sailing in the Caribbean on
their Wendelen, All their children have vis-
ited either on the boat or at their NH place
and the Dickeys welcomed a 4th grand.
July they worked for garden tour time then
sailed the (VIE coast. Sept, focused on a
camping trip in son Lawrence's camper
van on the Olympic Peninsula. Closey has
made good progress with her injured knee
and is back on skis again. For Whit's birth-
day and their 40th wedding anniv. their 6
children have given them a trip to Africa.
Closey did hate to miss reunion but Whit
needed his first mate.
Ann Orr Savage from Pawlet VT re-
ported the loss of a dear brother-in-law
and 2 close friends since reunion, but Oct.
brought a trip to Europe and a loaned flat
in Paris for 3 weeks which gave them free-
dom to look up old friends from the time
they lived in Paris. Jane Ransom Gray's
card describes reunion as "fantastic,
and looking forward to 50th" as the
Grays escape CT winters by going to FL.
Also reporting from CT Judy Perkins
Llewellyn as they plan to leave
Farmington for winter at Kiawah Island,
SO. Norman and Judy planned a Christ-
mas visit to Charlotte to see their children
From Cohasset MA a card from Molly
Coulter Bowditch. Phil and she summer
on Little Cranberry Island near Mt. Desert
and then do such things as 2 trips to the
People's Republic of China where Phil
does consulting and IVIolly teaches En-
glish. (Our SBC really equipped us to do
many different things!) IVIolly retired from
her small interior decorating business.
Faith Mattison's card from last yr. says
she had retired as administrator of the
IVIooselaukee Health Center but still vol-
unteers as a consultant.
Ann Paxson Gail had a wonderful
Turkey Day in Boulder with 8 of her fam-
ily. She keeps in touch by phone with Bea
Backer Simpson and Eve Godchaux
Hirsch. What close friends we still have
after 50 yearsi Ann got an Oct. visit with
Jane Shoesmith Newcombe when at
a reading conference in Hyannis on chil-
dren witti learning disabilities. Eve had a
trip to NY with museum visits and a con-
cert with Placido Domingo at The IVIet.
Also from LA Malloy Wright Warren
regrets she could not make the 45th but
promises to attend our 50th. Pat Goldin
Harrsch from IVIadison Wl thanks Pottsie
for her newsy communique but joins many
others in wanting an identification of the
class picture - 'tho we are all beautiful,
who is who?? Pat is grateful for good
health and the opportunity to volunteer and
audit classes at Univ. of Wl, Their children
live in Ml so they keep in close touch. Jo
Neal Peregrine, from Frankfort, Ml says
that "being recycled in their new retirement
community" goes well with hospital board
meetings, school volunteering and a
planned mid-winter visit to PA for the birth
of a granddaughter Caroline Haskell
Simpson is "definitely not retired as she
is a volunteer in the arts and social fields,
is busily knitting, quilting and LEARNING,
LEARNING, LEARNING!" Bruce is retired
but still does consulting and arbitration
work. Their 4 sons seem to be teachers,
bankers, and one is job hunting after get-
ting his degree at 36.
Harriotte Bland Coke Beckwith
and Al's 4th wedding anniv, is 5/94. She
is still working but they travel a lot in
Al's plane. Her "children are busy raising
children-all is well-life is very good."
Caroline Rankin Mapother thinks re-
union was such fun it should last over a
longer weekend. Caroline joined Martha
Mansfield Clement and Peggy
Sheffield Martin for the SBC weekend
in Baltimore plus a day long outing
in Annapolis, The reason that Ruthie
Faulkner Howe did not come from
Longmont CO to reunion was that she was
"walking in Cornwall - 60 miles in 5 days."
They plan to do the Cotswolds the same
way next yr. As a grandmother she recom-
mends Disney World tor your 13 and 11
yr. olds. Your scribe had a wonderful
phone visit while visiting in Kansas City
with Ann Porter Mullen We shared
some thoughts over the fact that we both
have lost sons in recent years. Ann is still
slowed by the complications of some lung
surgery but hopes to get on skis soon. Her
husband is still a busy lawyer and her
married daughter lives away from KC.
Jane Miller Wright our CA corre-
spondent and Howard have started build-
ing their house in Bend OR which their son
Rick designed. She claims it will be a
"geriatric house with a lap pool" but they
still cruise the coasts and went to Cape
Breton, British Columbia and Baja after
reunion. From Hickory NC Martha Frye
Nye sent an account of the Nye and Terry
lamilies-Bill's children and hers. Bill cel-
ebrated his 75th birthday and his 50th year
of ordination as a minister the whole year
long with their trip to Spain, Morocco, the
Canary Islands and Lisbon 2/93 to an Aug.
gathering of 10 of their children, spouses
and 1 6-wk. old grand on a Caribbean
cruise. The height of that trip was Bill Nye's
baptism of the baby Christian Renard Terry
in the ship's bar. Bill Nye seems to be
mended from his cardiac problems.
Vickie Brock Badrow and Ned moved
from Flint Ml to Chapel Hill. He had hip
replacement surgery and Vickie had a yr.
of improving from a breast tumor. The
Badrows have a great granddaughter
whom they visit in CA. Westray Boyce
Nicholas and Roy are driving from their
Johns Island SO home across country to
see their son Stacy in Manhattan Beach
CA Martha Sue Skinner Logan from
Tampa was so disappointed not to make
reunion but declares that none of us has
changed in 5 yrs. according to the class
picture. The Logans traveled to the South-
west and summer at Cashiers NC. Martha
Sue reports that Marge McCallum
Anderson is also a great grandmother in
Winter Park FL. A cheery "hello" from Au-
gusta from Mary Barrett Robertson.
Suzanne Hardy Beaufort Benson and
Cam did their Christmas in Key West
but he took a little plug-in tree to have a
touch of Christmas in each hotel room.
They visited Juanita Minchew Faulk
Robinson and her husband Arthur in
Thomasville on their way south. Suzanne's
daughters Zanne and Bon are still very
active with the Augusta Ballet.
Martha Davis Barnes is an inspi-
ration with her enthusiasm for traveling to
Tecote Mexico for her first time at a fitness
spa where she participated in every activ-
ity even Tai Chi. Martha's children,
spouses and 6 grands had a family
houseparty 7/93 at Topsail in Destin FL.
Since Martha had broken her wrist at ten-
nis she was waited on by her children. Ann
Rowland Tuck from Nashville says that
2 outstanding trips in '93 leave her ready
to travel closer to home. One was an
Elderhostel to Assisi and the hill country
of Italy and the other was her church choir
tour to Moscow, St. Petersburg, with 7
concerts given. Liz Bramham Lee has
had health problems with 4 operations but
she's "ready to hit the road now". We do
hope she's doing some of that by now.
Twink Elliott Sockwell and her daugh-
ter Helen Holmes were in a serious acci-
dent 11/15 resulting in knee surgery, a
wheelchair and now a walker tor Twink.
Prior to that the traveling Sockwells did the
Tetons, Yellowstone and the wonderful
Buffalo Bill Cody Museum in Cody, WY.
A note from long unheard-from Allen
Hobbs Capps gives a new Cleveland MS
address which is temporary while she and
Charles build a new house.
As your scribe read all your cards and
letters and vicariously traveled the world I
was spending a week in Kansas City "sitting"
(Who ever coined that word lor taking care
of grandchildren?) with our 3 grands who
have moved from Boston to Stilwell KS. I
did enjoy having these excerpts to put to-
gether (and even could have reminisced
about our 10-day trip on the Amazon last
summer). The pleasure of being needed as
a grandparent far outweighs any flights of
fancy or envy one could possibly have for
a different kind of existence. Thank you for
responding and let's do keep in touch as
the years roll along.
1952
President: Sue Judd Silcox
Secretary: Leila Booth Morris
Fund Agent: Anne Hoagland Kelsey
Many thanks for your newsy notes. I
had to condense but I loved each and ev-
ery one . The Alumnae Office reported
Mollie McCurdy Taylor's death in
March '93 after the '52 column was writ-
ten. She suffered a massive stroke and a
memorial service was held for her in Little
Compton RL We shall miss her as she was
an active member of our class. This is the
only sad news that I received.
Frances Street Smith and Gordon
met Brookey Morris Parrott and Mary
John Ford Gilchrist and their husbands
in Sanibel FL 2/93 for a wk. Brookey and
Mary John had both been in Frances and
Gordon's wedding 43 yrs. ago. Brookey
and Jack also visited them in Chattanooga
where they all toured the new aquarium.
Frances and Gordon were in Jackson Hole
WY with part of their family last summer,
then the 2 of them went to Scandinavia and
St Petersburg Ruth Edgerton Boyer
opened a large consignment business in
1981 in Goldsboro NC after a career as a
teacher in the community college. The
business is still growing and it operates 7
days a wk. Ruth, Mary Boyd Ronald and
Clara McDonald Bass visited Nancy
Trask Wood in her historic home in
Edenton NC 4/93. How wonderful that our
classmates hold mini-reunions with each
other. Mary Boyd and Bill also visited Ruth
in Oct. "out of their way" to the Ronald's
winter home on Captiva Is. FL. Ruth has 3
daughters and 4 grandchildren.
Donna Reese Godwin still leads
our class with 19 grandchildren - 3 new
granddaughters this yrl Her youngest child
moved to Gaithersburg MD where he is on
a video production crew at Gallaudet Univ.
in DC. She hopes to drive from Jackson
MS in the spring after husband George's
retirement and they will visit classmates
Ellen Galey Scher and Laura Radford
Goley en route. Laura and Ellen got to-
gether last summer in Ashville NC. They
talked nonstop and went antiquing to-
gether. Laura also mentioned a reunion in
VA this spring with Donna and Ellen.
Benita Phinizy Johnson's husband
retired and they have been tripping -
Panama. Costa Rica with the American
Horticultural Society, Yorkshire, and the
Pacific Northwest. She still does volun-
teering and a little piano teaching. Son
William and wife are at the Bavarian Acad-
emy in Munich but the whole family were
in Atlanta for Christmas. Jean Caldwell
Marchant writes from HI. Their first
grandchild is due in April. They are a little
behind as their son swore he would always
be a bachelor but a great gal came along
and snared him at last. Luckily they live in
HI. Jean travels often. Last yr. they went on
a travel-study trip to Antarctica. She still
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does lots of horsey things - judging, horse
show worl<, and teaching. She and her 32
yr, old horse are growing old together! She
also volunteers at the humane society and
at a children's environmental education
center. Sally Gearhart is ecstatically re-
tired from 40 years of college teaching and
administration - but not from politics! She
lives in a northern California community
of women and is at work on another novel.
GInge Sheaff LIddel retired from her
paralegal |0b and enjoys volunteer and
church work plus family. She has 5 grand-
sons and 1 granddaughter and all but
one live within an hour's drive. Harriet
Thayer Elder, in Ashville NC hikes in
the mountains, leads meditation groups,
works as a therapist in a wonderful
old Victorian building, sees her family
often and loves being a grandma. Grace
Wallace Brown's son had his first son
in Aug. and their daughter her first daugh-
ter in Oct. so the 2 have kept Gracie
busy grandmothering. Sue Bassewltz
Mentzinger and Bob had such a great
time at the 40th reunion and are looking
forward to the next one. We hope al I of you
will put that on your calendar for 1 997! Sue
planned a visit with Miss Ivluncy (who is
as much fun as ever) when they visit Sue's
daughter in Rl Polly Plumb deSutts
continues to work on PA Ave. in the down-
town DC public schools administrative
offices. She is on the board of SNHA which
keeps track of the Shenandoah National
Park, her first love. She is also on the
board of the Children's Education Founda-
tion, Inc. dedicated to helping inner city
children. She has 8 grandchildren and
she married John Spaulding in 1982 but
still goes by the deButts name. Peggy
Nelson Harding continues with her CPA
business. She enjoys gardening and bowl-
ing. Her older son, wife and 2 children
moved from CA to Wilmington NC so now
her whole family is on the East coast. Their
daughter and younger son and their fami-
lies live in the DC/VA area. Husband Nort
still teaches a class at the Northern VA
Community College. Pat Layne Winks
made a major job change. She went from
a leisurely nonprofit job to a very-much-
for-profit position with U.S. Behavioral
Health, the mental health/chemical
dependency insurance component of
Traveler's. She still sees private clients in
the evening. Her 4 children are all doing
well. She went to NYC last spring to visit
her sons and had a delightful reunion with
Anne Whittingham Smith, Susan
Hobson McCord and Sue Bassewltz
Mentzinger and also saw Sue Otis Th-
ompson. Anne Pope Wells still lives
in Jackson MS. She has 7 grandchildren.
Two of her children live close by and the
others live in Ivlemphis and Boston which
gives them good reason to travel.
Anne Hoagland Kelsey sent a pic-
ture taken in Dallas in Oct. when Gail Hall
Swearingen. Mary Gesler Hanson,
Mary Grafe Warren, Nell Dumas
Lynch, and Anne got together for lunch -
did you see it in the spring alumnae maga-
zine? Anne had a glorious trip to CA, HI,
CO, and TX. She had summer visits from
3 little grandchildren at Cape Cod and at
the Jersey Shore. She claims golf is a high
priority and her handicap is gently declin-
ing. Anne winters in Vero Beach PL and
she hopes to gather classmates for lun-
cheon before she returns to NY where she
will see our CT and NY classmates. She
got together with Polly Plumb deButts
last summer at Wrightsville Beach NC dur-
ing a family reunion. Sue Judd Silcox
and Jack had a 7-wk trip through Europe
in the fall to celebrate their 40th wedding
anniv. - England, Scotland, Germany and
Switzerland. She has gotten out of most of
her volunteer work and has more time to
garden, read, and even play bridge. They
planned a trip to CA after Christmas to see
that branch of the family. Sue, as our class
president, wants us all to think about our
45fh reunion in IVlay of 1997. Mary Lois
Miller Carroll and Hugh stopped by SBC
last tall when the campus was alive with
color. I find that we all appreciate the
beauty of the campus more now than we
did as students. Her children live in the DC
area and she has one grandchild there.
Mary Lois and Hugh winter on the FL west
coast at New Port Richey and have a time
share on the FL east coast. They summer
in upstate NY. They are both retired so
enjoy lots of projects plus time for golf.
Elizabeth Stamp who lives in Ox-
ford, England, visited our west coast last
spring for the first time since '52 when
she went with Linda Brackett and Holly
Hillas after graduation. She went on a
Smithsonian-organized natural history and
whale watching trip down the Baja coast -
a trip of a lifetime. She also visited Anne
Sheffield Hale '54 in Atlanta right after our
March blizzard when Anne had to cook for
friends and neighbors on an open fire
when she had no power for 24 hours.
Elizabeth retired in '91 and visited Holly
Hillas Hammond in ME. Elizabeth is
vice-chair for a new training organization
for Third World agencies (INTRAC) and
chair of the Lifestyle Movement. She still
keeps busy with writing and editing.
Louise Warfield Stump promises to be
at our 45th reunion and is already persuad-
ing her cohorts to come. She is still busy
with horses and gardens and running
things. Her daughter, the mother of 3 girls,
is a very successful trainer of timber and
brush horses. Her son is in Seattle teach-
ing 5 yr olds. Pat Beach Thompson
played Elsa von Grossen-kneuten in the
play "Musical Comedy Murders of 1940".
She went to Egypt, Greece and Spain and
keeps busy working on the herb garden at
the John Jay Homestead in Kafonah NY as
well as her gardens in Mt Kisco and on
their farm in Millerton NY. One son was on
an archeological expedition in Israel and
another is pursuing a film career in FL. Her
daughters are both home-schooling their
children. Jo Bierhaus Barrow enjoys
her 4 grandsons now that she is retired.
She has told her children to THINK PINK
if there are any more grandchildren on the
way Ann Forster Dooley and Jim are
moving from DC to Charlottesville where
they have bought a townhouse in a retire-
ment community. New address: 590
Mockingbird Way 22901. Ginger
Dreyfus Karren has a Bed & Breakfast
business at her home, 1 Lincoln Plaza
NYC, so if you need a home tor a few days,
call her - but be sure to reserve early.
Joanne Holbrook Patton still
heads Patton Consulting Services but is
cutting back a little on her business lite.
She and their farm manager's wife created
and published The Green Meadows Farm
Cookbook last summer featuring only what
they grew and sold at the Farm Stand. A
supplement is planned for next summer as
if was such a success. In Sept. George had
hip replacement surgery in time to cel-
ebrate with a big family gathering for his
70th birthday on Christmas Eve. Son Bob's
book, a multigenerational history of the
Patton family, is to be published by Ran-
dom House-Crown in the spring of '94.
Helen is a teaching grad student in theater
directing at Northwestern U. Nancy
Hamel Clark had exciting news. Her
daughter, Ann Clark, was chosen National
Principal of the Year for 1994. The an-
nouncement was made in DC Jan 26th at
the Press Club breakfast and there was a
dinner in Ann's honor. Nancy and Blake
were proudly in attendance. Ann was also
to appear on "The Today Show" and "Good
morning America". Son Jim. the Andy
Griffith enthusiast, has another cookbook
out - this time on Gilligan's Island - and
has 2 other books in the works. Nancy saw
Katie Mountcastle Babcock when Katie
was visiting Carma Lindsay Burton in
Linville NC. Nancy was a delegate to her
Episcopal Diocesan Convention to elect a
new bishop. She talked to Mary Bailey
Izard at that time. Mary and her husband
spend a lot of time in the Bozeman MT
area. Nancy is trying to keep the "aging
parts" in working order with tennis, croquet,
and aquacize. Nancy keeps in contact with
Janet Graham Scott whose husband
Ken has won international recognition for
his work in botany having developed a dis-
ease-resistant type of wheat.
While on a trip to DC and VA in Jan.
Jim and I stopped by Sweet Briar. I visited
the new Boxwood Alumnae House which
was the Boxwood Inn in our day. It was
dedicated 10/93. The Florence Elston Inn
has been doubled in size and has 24 mo-
tel-like rooms tor visitors. The campus
looked lovely in spite of being in the
middle of a Jan. deep freeze. Jim and I
traveled a lot this year. We flew to MT and
then drove up to Banff and Lake Louise in
Aug. Later we had an extended trip from
San Diego to Seattle. Christmas was spent
at Fort Leavenworth KS where we also
stayed with 2 small grandsons for 6 days
while their parents went skiing. We just
returned from visiting our 3 VA grandchil-
dren in time for me to prepare for my
Spring Doncaster showing plus compile
this newsletter. I have loved getting news
from you. Do keep in touch.
1956
President: Carolyn Dickinson Tynes
Secretaries: Meredith Smyth
Grider, Macie Clay Nichols
Fund Agent: Ann Stevens Allen
Would you believe that most of our
notes are talking retirement, grandchil-
dren, moving into smaller houses, etc?
Although we think of ourselves as recent
college grads, ol' Tempus has Fugited!
Probably you all know that Byrd
Stone is gone both from our lives and
Sweet Briar's campus. What wonderful
memories she leaves us - our reunion pic-
nics and her hospitality whenever we vis-
ited SBC. Her smiles and sense of humor
will be with us as we continue on, but we
will miss her always and what a treat it was
to be her friend.
Jane Black Clark is the first to ad-
mit to the big 60. David has retired with a
red canoe from his girls and he and Jane
visited Jackson Hole and MT last summer
loving the beautiful vistas, floating down
the river and trail rides. Betsy Meade
Hastings spent 3 weeks in W. Siberia 3/
93 as part of a team of 60 Christians from
all over N. America. "This was one of a
series of trips to reach the schoolteachers
of the former Soviet Union, at the invita-
tion of the Russian Minister of Education
who said, 'We have no more atheism - no
more communism. Without a system of
ethics our children will go down the drain.
We've shut God out of our country for 70
yrs. and look at the result.' It was a life-
changing experience for me."
Ann Greer Adams has a daughter,
Monnie, at Columbia Presbyterian Semi-
nary. Monnie was on an exchange program
in Cambridge, England and Ann and
Marion spent 2 glorious weeks seeing her
and visiting York, Bath, the Cotswolds, and
London Ann sees Macie Clay Nichols
twice a yr. as they are both on the board
of the Louisville Presbyterian Seminary.
She had lunch with Carolyn Pannell
Ross whose daughter lives in Mobile.
"Carolyn looks wonderful and is the same
Carolyn I remember from the 1950's." Iris
Potteiger Hinchman took off from SBC
after our last reunion and has just kept
going! The highlight of 1993 was her son's
June wedding in San Francisco, "the most
charming town I expect to visit." Then she
went with her sister and her daughter's
family to the Albuquerque Balloon
Festival in Oct. As for Nancie Howe
Entenmann, their travels are too many to
make heads or tails of except the trip in 2/
94 to Israel and Egypt. They are soon mov-
ing into a retirement village where they will
build a custom designed villa. She asks if
anyone has tried any Elderhostels?
We were delighted to have notes from
some of the long time no-hear friends.
Marge Manget Lyman says all 5 chil-
dren gave gone: the last, Kevin, graduated
from Duke 6/93 and embarked on an
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around-the-world voyage alone with back-
pack only! Marge and Guy have bought
land near Sewanee, TN in an idyllic devel-
opment called Clifftops and plan to retire
there in a few yrs Sara B. Olsen (Sally
Enscoe), Gautier, MS, just retired as a
registered nurse. Her 4 children are grown
and successful. Sally has a bird sanctuary
in the back yard and enjoys gardening,
women's church work, bridge tourna-
ments, and growing orchids in her green-
house. She wants to go to Costa Rica and
see the rain forest! She ends with "I have
been blessed with good health and a lot of
security " Debbie Brown Stalker and
Peter are busy in Santa Barbara. He is on
7 boards and chairing 3 of them and to-
gether they are co-chairing a benefit for a
local theatre 5/1 after which they leave for
a long stay in France and Italy. Their 3 chil-
dren, spouses and 6 grandchildren live in
Ml, ME, and CT Kay Newman Adrias's
1st grandchild, Jon Christian Yonge, was
born to her son Wes and his wife Laura.
Kay lives in Austin, TX and the Yonges in
Houston so she is on the highway often!
She and her husband Michael are publish-
ing a "welcome to the city" magazine and
enjoying Austin Martha (Marty Fields)
FIte was looking forward to Christmas
with all of her immediate family coming -
5 children, 5 spouses, and 13 grandchil-
dren. In March she was going with a
small group to Africa for 2 weeks to see
3 projects funded by World Vision.
Marlene Etienne Engdahl wrote of a
new granddaughter born 5/93. She travels
a lot and finds life challenging as secre-
tary to the principal of Cheshire H.S. Lee
Chang Crozler writes they are enjoying
retirement with more time to visit children
and grandchildren and for church and
community activities. Peggy Anne
Rogers is retired and traveling a lot as
well as being very active in the Self-Help
for the Hard-of-Hearing in Philadelphia
and many other organizations. She was
going to Australia 1/94. "My mother died,
and since she had wanted to go to Sweet
Briar, my memorial to her is a plague at the
Library and my life membership." A long
Christmas letter from Barbara Darnall
Clinton began with the 1 993 Cotton Bowl
and ended with Cotton Bowl 1994. In be-
tween there was a Hawaiian trip, husband
Dan honored as Engineer of the Year in
Houston and later in TX, son Charlie's
graduation from med, school and marriage
to Susan - an A&M military wedding -
engineering meetings and Aggie football
games. Busy, busy, busy! Parksie
Carroll Mulholland sent family news
Jack enjoys his new job as president of a
foundation and they love more leisure
time. Daughter Randi ('80) is juggling a
full-time job as head of admissions at Gar-
rison Forest School and 2 children. Son
David is in Richmond, a bachelor and head
of Otis Elevator for that area. Son Jeff and
wife Shannon are also in Richmond where
Jeff is 1 1/2 yrs. from a full-fledged ortho-
pedic surgeon. Parksie is judging in hor-
ticulture shows and lecturing locally and
her golf is going great! She sees Bucle
Bordley GIbbs and "we all pray for
Joyce Lenz Young whose husband
Hugh is very ill with cancer of the lung." A
note from Bet Forbes Rayburn says she
"spent the summer fixing a little retirement
place in the N. Georgia mountains under
the professional eye of Ann Stevens
Allen. We had a great time!" She has 3
grandchildren and is "still farming." Van
Hartman Ellis had a busy 1 993. She sent
news of their daughter Mary Van's pass-
ing the CPA exam and an anticipated birth
of a 1 st grandchild to Mary Van and hus-
band Howard 3/94.
Norma Davis Owen was in town for
Derby and we enjoyed a brief, intensive
visit Bunny Burwell Nesbitt commutes
from Upperville, VA to Manassas where
she consults for AT&T. Daughter Katherine
('78) also works for AT&T in Greensboro
and has her masters in Management Sci-
ences. "Free time" pursuits include 17
cats, 2 rabbits, 2 acres of lawn and garden.
Garden Club projects and multiple roles
at Trinity Episcopal. Betty Pierce
Bradshaw is also employed at AT&T in
Houston. She and Jack enjoy 3 children
and 2 grandchildren close by and head
weekend retreats tor the Episcopal Church.
Mitzi Djerf DeRldder is Director of Edu-
cation at Woodbridge Development Cen-
ter and serves on a NJ state committee on
special ed. Time off took her to San Diego,
New England and into her own Victorian
rose garden. Son Jake, 36, has his own
business and Karl, 30, is a substance
abuse counselor. In the Big Apple, Harriet
Cooper completed work for her doctorate
with a dissertation on Lawrence. Congratu-
lations! And in June, Sherrye Patton
Henry's book The Deep Divide: Why
American Women Resist Equality m\\ be
published by MacMillan with the dedica-
tion to her 5 grandchildren who she hopes
will share a more equal world. Louise
Gault had 2 articles accepted for publica-
tion. "Icing on the cake" is how she de-
scribes her European jaunts-nice rewards!
Mary Anne McPherson Oliver com-
pleted her book on couple's spirituality and
will be a visiting professor at General
Theological Seminary in Spring '95. Per-
haps we should schedule a literary discus-
sion at the 40th!
A new granddaughter, Sarah Ann, born
in Japan took Mary Ann Hicklin
Quarngesser on a return trip where her
son lived for 3 yrs. He has returned to NYC
and her daughter clerks for a Federal Judge
in Baltimore; another daughter is with an
Atlanta ad agency but aspires to be a jew-
elry designer. M.A. manages a real estate
office amongst her travels. Ann Stevens
Allen continues her love of horses - both
real and paper! On 2 farms, she manages
the real ones; in art shows in Aiken,
Spartanburg and Windsor, VT are the fabu-
lous papier-mache sculptures. Louise
Hunt Coker sent the most tranquil report
of travel and a local grandchild. Kay
Smith Schaver and Bob have an empty
nest with one son in MA, the other in MD
making them a bi-coastal family. Semi-
retirement allows trips, but they call Cali-
fornia "paradise." Loved Janet Caldwell
Fragales few words: "Widowed - Dec.
1987. Remarried - Sept. 1991. Step
grandmother of 7, soon to be 8." When
traveling to Branson, MO give Gretchen
Stauffer Torres a call in nearby Joplin
where she is a counselor/school psycholo-
gist. One son is an accountant in NY and
the younger son a jr. at Harvard. Eleanor
Russell travels between San Antonio and
Houston to care for her mother who recov-
ers well from a broken hip. Christmas
brought son Mike and family from AK,
daughter Susan and family: daughter
Martha and new granddaughter joined in
by phone. Volunteer teaching and exhib-
iting at art shows keep her busy. Anne
Edgerton Mills lives in Charlotte, but
spent Christmas in Williamsburg. Rick is
associated with The Charlotte Observer.
Son Brad is in Arlington, daughter Carey
in Tucker, GA. "Their greatest delight" is
a 2 1/2 yr. old granddaughter. Helen
Turner Murphy writes, "...life is beauti-
ful and I'm enjoying every moment..." She
is President of The Garden Club of VA,
serves on several boards in the preserva-
tion and environmental field. Tayloe was
re-elected to a 7th term in the House of
Delegates, chairs the Labor/Commerce
Committee and is particularly focused on
the Chesapeake Bay. Daughter Anne, a new
UVA grad, is on the executive training track
at Macy's in NYC Carolyn Dickinson
Tynes' family photo is gorgeous, of
course! All 4 children are close with 6
grandchildren. In addition to landscape
consulting, she volunteers at the Birming-
ham Museum Garden with a NY architect
and artists.
Wedding bells pealed all year long for
this class! In Louisville, Eve Altsheler
Jay led with 2 weddings - daughter Carter
to Bob Matson, and son Edward to Lynn
Bishop Meredith Smythe Grider's el-
dest, Sarah Gaines, a lawyer in Chicago,
wed David Cronan in Ml. The same week-
end, Barbara Collis Rodes daughter
Mary married Steven Lannert and lives
here. In Richmond, bells rang for Eliza
Knox and Clark Cohen, bride daughter of
Ella-Prince Trimmer Knox and the
unforgettable Joe. They live in Palo Alto.
Evy Christenson Gregory attended and
reported an event extraordinaire! Mishew
Cooper Williams sent a lovely photo of
Mishew's wedding in Raleigh where the
couple lives. Daughter Elizabeth will
present the 1st grandchild in March; the
other grandmother is Susan Elder Martin
'57! Murray, Jr. is in the cotton business
in Memphis Frances Gilbert Browne
almost outshone the bride in a pretty picture
from son Gilbert's wedding to Jane Walker.
They live in Charlotte, but Howard and
Noelle in Raleigh will produce their 1 st.
Your scribes are busy people!
Meredith is part owner of a ladies shop in
Alden, Ml where she has bought a second
home and reps a beautiful line of knit en-
sembles, but still finds time for tennis.
Made strives to stay at the top in real es-
tate to indulge the whole family's affection
for Provence - we loved another June there
with a few friends, young and old. Martha
completed her PhD and we all will be at
Duke in May for her "hooding." She
teaches French at Eckerd College in St.
Pete. Rob, my associate, finds homes for
his homeless young friends and keeps me
jolly. Robert has 2 games - tax-tree bonds
and golf! We thank you for your responses
and hope you enjoy the results.
1960
President: Anita Perrin Grymes
Secretary: Barbara Bowen Moore
Fund Agent: Margot McKee
All 3 chick's have flown Rhett Ball
Thagard and Tom's nest In Birmingham,
all lawyers: Tom in Birmingham, Betsy in
Boston and Beverly in Birmingham, AL.
Rhett and Tom'll finish by June rebuilding
their lake house SUE destroyed last win-
ter. Barbara Beam Denison (Bethesda,
MD) continues her framing business and
"sings and dances and makes a fool of
herself" with her Hoopes Troupe. She and
George will visit their two newly weds in
Chicago and San Fran. Beam had some
"quality times" in 93 with Ginger Newman
Blanchard & Bob, A. Massie Hill and Mai
and Patty Powell Pusey and Bill. She can't
wait for reunion in 95! Nancy Beekman
Carringer, Franklin Pk,, NJ has 3 grand-
children and just got a "new daughter (in
law)". Had great family vacation last sum-
mer. She is considering retirement from
h.s. counseling. She's coming to reunion
in 1995. Elsie Burch Donald in London
finished writing her book. The French
Farmhouse ^ni also took all the photo-
graphs! Publisher: Little Brown, Boston.
She has her own French farmhouse east of
Bordeaux where she and Nancy Corson
Gibbes visited last Spring. Earlier in 93
Elsie enjoyed "unparalleled southern
hospitality" from Nancy Corson Gibbes
and Joe in Columbia, SC. Jane Ellis
Covington had a horse-riding safari in
Tanzania organized by Teddy Hill Washer
and Liz Few Penfield.
In Garrett Park, MD, Sue Speed
Ford Hall and Jim (James V.) are deal-
ing with important stresses, he the loss of
his job with Bush and a publisher for his
novel and she with colon and breast
cancer. But she's only 10 min. from NIH
where she does "chemo." Another "bright
side", says Sue, is no hair. ..easy to get
dressed. Just plop the wig on. God Bless.
Maydelle Foster Fason's daughter,
Maydelle, was given a "never to be forgot-
ten" Rehearsal Dinner by Maline Gilbert
McCalla and Dudley. Maydelle's in pri-
vate practice as an Employment Consult-
ant (a switch for a chemistry major!). Betty
Forsyth Harris is completing course
work for her PhD in Art History. Had a
China trip as part of her program. Focus-
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ing on Tsamu Naguchi's (Japanese/
American sculptor's) stage sets for Martha
Graham, "Can't leave dance behind though
too creal<y to do it anymore!" She and Bill
en|oy 3 daughters, 2 granddaughters, Betty
volunteers lor Church and Va, Cent, for
Creative Arts (across Irom SBC),
Teddy Hill Washer and Liz Few
Penfield continue to operate their Tradi-
tional Tented Safaris Company, They're
encouraging solo travelers as well as
couples by not charging for single supple-
ments. They're planning some interesting
trips. If interested call them at 1 -800-782-
9286, Anne Galling Honey and Kimpton
spend 7 mos in Boca Raton, FL, She does
volunteer work, golf, croquet and they bait
their 4 children and 3 granddaughters with
good weather, boat picnics, fishing and big
Christmas gatherings. Two daughters are
in Atlanta, a son in Richmond and youngest
son (W&L '93) a money manager in NYC,
Maline Gilbert McCalla continues
painting in her "primitive, untutored style",
with a commission for an 80 sq,ft, mural
for a Church restoration, "I still dance,
slowly" No grandchildren but had 9 King
Charles Spaniels arrive on Columbus Day,
Keating Griffiss writes from Lookout Mt,
Tennessee that she's quitting work and
starting painting, ."It's NOW OR NEVER"'
(Go Keating!) Janie Haldeman Hope is
President of the Louisville, KY chapter ol
Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians &
Gays which she helped start in 1987, Her
oldest son is gay and fine and healthy in
Minneapolis. Finds lite more exciting and
adventurous as she grows older. One ador-
able grandson, son of gay son, Jane
Headstream Milholland is pleased to
have A, Massie Hill back in Seattle, WA.
Jane's still involved with her theatre (ACT)
board, also Univ, of WA, Press advisory
board. Garden Club and mostly Milholland
Interiors. She and daughter Charlotte
(married 8/93) are mother/daughter
designers,,, Charlotte is Milholland De-
signers in NYC, Jane's Thatcher is 15, a
freshman in h,s, GET THIS:,,, Our own
Shirley Hayman Wilson s transferred
her horseback riding to RV's. She won the
"Lady's Factory Coach Driving Rodeo" at
an RV rally. She works with the Arts Coun-
cil in Madera, CA and John continues to
purchase corn lor the food processing
business. Children in Seattle, WA,
Roseburg. OR and San Fran, Four grand-
children Irom 4 yrs to 2nd grade.
Retirement's 3 yrs away, Janet Holmes
Rothard loves Bat Cave, NC on the side
of the Blue Ridge Mountains, She's a so-
cial worker in children's services, breed-
ing and showing dogs, seeing the South
and wishing for 9 days in every week.
Judy Jenks Frazer is happy on
Martha's Vineyard. She continues her pri-
vate practice of Alcoholism Counseling.
Daughter Alison is married. Son Porter is
there working with master furniture maker
John Thayer. Judy volunteers lor the Vine-
yard Museum and "Sail Martha's Vine-
yard". Alice Jones, Knoxville, TN,
remembers with pride her Dad, who died.
as loving Sweet Briar and continuing to
support it long after she graduated. Kathy
Knox Ennis loves life in Naples. FL. Dick
is "sort of " retired from govt, work and
they're traveling. Four children are fledged
and gone. ..except for # 3 who keeps
changing careers & going back to college.
She and Dick visited SBC last summer and
could hardly believe how it has changed
and grown. .."but is still as beautiful as ever".
Deborah Lane Lyon still has her Art
Gallery in Jamestown, CA. "I bought and
renovated an old home in town and con-
solidated by moving the gallery and me
into the same address". Carol Lord
Mayo finds the older you get the busier
you are. She has 2 college grads: Vanessa
and Paul who's working in Luxembourg.
Eric is in his last yr. of prep school. Carol's
in her 7th year in Real Estate, and has re-
turned to riding... "even doing a bit of
showing" Lucy Martin Gianino is still
Stand By tor Linda Lavin in "The Sisters
Rosensweig" on Broadway. "Roomie"
Carolyn Gough Harding and Dick came
backstage recently. Husband Jack's on
road stage managing "Sound of Music."
Daughter Gemina still in Japan. Lucy
hopes to visit her 3/94. Antonia, a drama
major at Vassar. wants to be a stage man-
ager too! Son Gian-Murray, in 1 0th grade
balancesacademics, wrestling team, clari-
net jazz ensemble and theatre.
Tucky McFall Ziebold had a Christ-
mas Caribbean cruise including the whole
family hosted by her parents! Youngest
Margaret just got 2nd undergrad degree at
U. of Ga. and is engaged to Goefl Smith
from Charleston. SC. Elizabeth Meade
Howard enjoyed visiting SBC while pro-
ducing a piece at the VA Cent, lor Creative
Arts lor a VA PBS station. She's produc-
ing videos on lamily & health for the VA
Dept ot Education & others. Daughter Vir-
ginia supervises little kids at Salvation
Army Shelter and son Jamie is in adver-
tising. Mo Moore Sweet finds Manhat-
tan stimulating and is busy as Associate
General Counsel at Lever Brothers. Daugh-
ter Liz marketing Manager at Neutrogina
Products in LA & son. Howard, is com-
puter whiz in CT. Mo and husband Barry
Held have NW Connecticut retreat they
love. She talked with Katie Mendelson
MacDonald in Palm Beach. Jean Morris
Stephen and Don skied in Tahoeand Vail,
celebrated 3 parents' 89th. 90th and 91st
birthdays and spent summer entertaining
in the mountains in Banner Elk, N.C. Had
a Sept. journey to W. Canada, WA and OR.
She enjoys Becky Towill McNair and
Mollie McDonald Braslield in Charlotte.
In Annapolis, Barbara Murphey
Hale's husband Phil is going into his own
law practice alter a 20-year partnership.
She loves his office on State Circle. Son
Lee working lor Bishop Lee in Richmond
after Religious Studies masters from Ber-
keley/Yale. Daughter Lenetta (SBC '85) will
transfer her job to where her husband is...
Minneapolis and son Charlton graduated
from UT El Paso. Barbara built a fish pond,
renovated the house and has one yr. lelt on
County Bd. ot appeals. Ginger Newman
Blanchard wrote in middle ol her move
to Greenvillage, NJ. No words. ..just a
photo ol lots ol people holding babies
in and outside their bodies. The
Blanchard lamily is blooming! Robin
Quid Rentsch, in Glastonbury. CT has
merged lamilies with new husband Ike. a
physician. She contributed a child. 2
horses and 2 dogs, he: a 99 yr old father,
5 children, 3 grandchildren and 3 cats.
They have traveled to Australia and Rus-
sia and China's coming up soon. They live
in a Victorian house with Ike's 2-man sub-
marine in side yard. Robin met Ike on a
scuba diving trip. Haven't heard Irom
Norma Jean "Butch " Patteson Mills
but Sweet Briar sent an article on her being
honored with the Chattanooga "Women's
Community Service Award". She "does us
proud" in that community"! From Toronto,
Ontario: Pat Russell Howard's paper on
Samuel Beckett's A/o/ /was published by
the proceedings ol the International
Beckett Symposium at the Hague. Most
nourishing events in life these days: "...are
more inner than "show and tell" about kids,
career, travel... I'm here at 55 just begin-
ning to explore undiscovered parts of my-
self and to be released Irom the prison ot
old patterns. I hope you print my remarks
because it's great to know, especially for
women, that life can open up AFTER the
Big Five-0!"...
Angle Schmidlapp Stephen s hus-
band Brad is now a known folk artist with
Frank Meile gallery in NYC. They love liv-
ing in Irvington, VA. raising Brittany Span-
iels and participating in horseback riding,
ballet and soccer activities ot their kids.
Angle's also closely involved with their 2
grand children... still running the store she
created in their school, Chesapeake Acad-
emy, 3 yrs ago Reta Schoonmaker
King's husband Richard was thoughttui to
catch us up on her: She successfully sur-
vived breast cancer in '93, they sold their
house of 22 years, acquired 2 grandchil-
dren (total now 5. ..all girls). Both Reta and
Richard working productively. Thanks,
Richard Elizabeth "B" Shwab Stephens
and Don are "across the street" neighbors
ol my husband Clay's sister in Chester-
field, MO. We plan to see them in April.
What she enjoys most beside her family
are their dogs: Kurt, an 130 lb Greater
Swiss Mtn dog and Gordie. a 75 lb
Spinone. They all enjoy spending spring,
summer and fall in No. Ml. Linda Sims
Grady and Robert are "finally" grandpar-
ents TWICE this last year. The second born
Thanksgiving Day! Ann Smith Bretscher
loved her "laughing and visiting" lunch
with Patti Pusey during trip to husband
Bob's 30th seminary reunion. She's con-
tinuing her flying lessons. Gonna land lor
Reunion '95 in the dell? Jane Tatman
Walker enjoyed travel to Savannah &
Hilton Head . Northern CA, Seattle , New
Zealand and Australia. Jane's children Kitty
and Kevin and their spouses and husband
Frank's son Steve and his lamily all live in
Indianapolis near them now. Jane's in-
volved with several lamily businesses and
is active on boards ot Arthritis Foundation
and Foundation lor Hand Research and
Education. From Charlotte, NC: Becky
Towill McNair and Bill had a January
Orient Express trip Irom Bangkok to
Singapore hoping to see Katie Mendelson
McDonald in Hong Kong. Son, Will, mar-
ries in May. He and wife will live in
Aachen. Germany. Daughter Harriet is
teaching History and Virginia is a member
of Charlotte's Real Estate corps. Sally
Underbill Viault continues to feel fortu-
nate after her 3 bouts with cancer at ages
15. 19 and again in 1988. She enjoys her
volunteer work, especially with a 1st grade.
Sal ly was one ol two York County Democrats
recognized lor outstanding volunteer service.
Isabel Ware Burch in Wilton, CT
loves her new position as Director ol
Annual Giving at Green Farms Academy
(where both sons graduated). Husband
Bob has also changed to COO ol
Technoserv. a nonprolit community devel-
opment organization. ..a 10 min drive to
Norwalk instead ol commute to NYC.
Daughter Margaret to marry in June, son
Allen & wife in Chicago where he's with
Traet Trading commodities) and Charlie is
soph. William & Mary where he's drum-
mer in the W&M Jazz band. Black Lab and
Tibetan Terrier still at home! Our own
Dotty Westby is still having fun flying
727's from home. Ft. Lauderdale to
EVERYWHERE: Brazil, Canada, Mexico,
etc for charter airline Miami Air Interna-
tional. Her Kristen is a counselor for
Women In Distress at Broward County
Courthouse while she works on an MA in
psychology at Nova U. Rob spent the win-
ter "on the Mountain" at Jackson Hole WY.
skiing his head oft. Nina Wilkerson
Bugg's and Bill's lives are topsy turvy.
Bill's position with Cushman & Wakelield
in Atlanta has "turned international" and
they've been in 17 countries on business
in the last 9 mos. Younger son Robert and
wife Jeannette are in Atlanta where he's
with VoiceCom and she's in MBA at Ga.
State U. Older. Bill, III, teaches Ancient
History and English at Darlington Academy
in Rome, GA Gale Young Walker has
been a substitute teacher/librarian in
Vancouver's inner city schools since '89.
"Yearly. 3.000 immigrant children from
approximately 100 nations speaking as
many languages. ..arrive. ..swamping the
classroom space. They are side by side
with B.C.'s lirst nations children with
names like Cedar and Grey eyes. To be
among them is to be renewed." Daughter
Lizzie, 13 is keen on showing dogs. Fi-
nally, Yours Truly and husband Clay lin-
ished construction ol 2 art studios behind
our house and also lit in 2 trips to Greece/
Italy and to England (including the London
Cat Show in Dec!). Clay's an ex-business-
man/painter now. I have a daughter this yr
from Egypt. Sherin is the daughter of a
former student of mine in Cairo, and is a
freshman at SBC. I was up for Parents day.
I am quite excited about the SBC experi-
ence these days, the international student
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awareness and the nourishing and chal-
lenging environment. Becky Towill McNair
gives me a v»elcomed halfway station in
Charlotte. She and daughter Harriet have
even written Sherin notes at SBC!
These notes reveal what an exciting
and valuable treasure we have in each
other - so much knowledge, travel, adven-
ture, caring, courage, appreciation and, in
Pat Russell Howard's words, "renewal".
Whoever can break away and come to SBC
reunion in 1995, please do. We don't care
if you graduated with us... if you were there
with us, please come. Husbands like it too,
mine'll be there. Love, Barbara Bowen
tVloore, Atlanta, GA.
1964
President: Susan Dwelle Baxter
Secretary; Grace Mary Garry Dates
Fund Agent: Adrienne Ash
Yes, ladies, it has been a long time,
and when you read this, our 30th reunion
will be yet another fond memory. It seems,
however, that we haven't declined one bit.
the shapes may have changed a trifle, but
the attitudes haven't sagged. Vera Le
Craw Carvaillo adores new grandson
Alexis but hardly feels like a granny. Vera
works with the English Church and at
Philippe's company, now in its own new
building, Jean-Philippe copes well with
his penultimate year in the rigorous French
school system: son-in-law Regis is in real
estate and Patricia is home with Alexis.
Leezee Scott Nitze summarizes her 30-
year history: "marriage, business, mar-
riage, business, and the constancy of
beautiful daughter Erin," 25, who teaches
in Pueblo, CO. Leezee owns a successful
furniture leasing company in DC. Thirty
years have flown for Amy Freund Green
in Palm Beach. She's missed other re-
unions ("a child was always graduating
from something"), but hoped to make this
one. Son Bobby is an intern at U. of Penn.
Hosp., David graduated from Emory, and
Geoffrey finishes Duke next year and plans
on law school.
Some of us have made interesting
changes in our lives. Wendy Thomas
Hicks became Mrs. Robert A. IVIelvin IV
6/5/93: the Melvins live in Boca Grande,
FL, and have a second home in IL. Daisy
Boykin Wagner, in Middletown, OH,
married Thomas C. Wortley in '92. Daisy
has one son in med. school, one in IVIos-
cow, and a daughter at U.Va. After 30 years
in the NY publishing world (many as an
editor at Americana magazine), Helen
Dunn has escaped to the Jersey shore:
from her Belmar apt. she watches the fish-
ing fleet and relishes the peace. Last fall
she and Elizabeth Matheson had a
lovely trip to Ireland. Elizabeth has 2 fine
books of her photographs, on Edenton,
SC, and on hometown Hillsborough, NC.
Diane Hatch, still teaching classics at
Mary Washington, has a new lease on lite
after successful back surgery 1/93. Lib
Kopper Schollaert is glad husband
Jim's back home after 3 years in The
Hague. "Interesting vacations but a com-
plicated life." Lib teaches h.s. French in
Arlington, VA, and chairs the foreign
language dept. Her youngest son
finished Princeton 6/93. Sheila Carroll
Cooprider, pastor of St. Stephen's Epis-
copal Church, Ferguson, MO, last year,
looks forward to further parish ministry
after entering the priesthood this spring.
Husband Chuck is a pilot for United,
Kathryn a speech therapist in the N. Chi-
cago schools, and LeaAnn (Ohio Wesleyan
'93) with a marketing firm in Dallas. The
Coopriders celebrated their 29th 12/93.
Rosamond Sample Brown has a new
townhouse in McLean, VA, and a new job
as a lobbyist for trade issues in DC, where
she loves having her governor in the White
House, Little Rock friends in abundance,
and an accent that's at last "politically cor-
rect." All of our changes are not happy
ones: Mary Green Borg, who lost hus-
band Andy 10/28/92, struggles with wid-
owhood and with raising her 5 boys alone:
the two oldest graduated from college in '92.
Each year more of us join the ranks
of the mother-in-law. Jane Bradley
Wheeler's daughter Bradley was married
4/1 7/93 to Scott Kirsch, a doctoral student
at UCLA. A pre-nuptial party given by Su-
san Bronson Croft and Ed, Harriet
Houston Shaffer and Charlie, and
Nancy Hall Green and Holcombe coin-
cided with John and Molly's 21st birthday.
Ebbie Evans Edwards baby Evans
(W&L '93) was married in Roanoke 6/19/
93 and is at Yale Law School. Chris
(Princeton '88) is a reporter for the Tren-
ton Times, Clarissa plans to return to
school in social work: and Jocelyn, a
James Madison grad. in anthropology
(who had V.M. for Ireshman math), is in
Flagstaff contemplating archaeology. Pam
Hellmuth Wiegandt s son Stephen, 24,
married in '92: Eric, 25, works in Rich-
mond. Pam oversees the building of a new
home in Fincastle, VA, near Ralph's law
office. Last summer I visited with Tuck
Mattern Harvey, here to discuss wed-
ding plans with Kristyn, working for the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
in DC. The Oct. wedding to transplanted
Alaskan Wal ly Burnett was under the trees
at the Harveys' home in Wichita Falls. Son
Chandler (W&L '93) prepares for med.
school with grad. work in biology at Mid-
western State U. Husband Ralph, a direc-
tor of the Nat'l Grain and Feed Assn., was
part of a delegation to Mexico exploring
NAFTA opportunities. Tuck received a
Ph.D. in management science from the
U. of North Texas 6/93: she's assistant
prof, in the Div. of Business Administra-
tion at Midwestern State. Sally Gump
Berryman had to miss Caroline Tate
Noojjn's son's Aug, wedding in Atlanta
but heard great reports. She and Doc vis-
ited with Susan Dwelle Baxter and Bill
and Lee Huston Carroll and John in
MD, where Susan catered Doc's 50th h.s.
reunion open house. Sally regretted miss-
ing our reunion because of Doc's Civil War
re-enactment in Memphis.
Several careers have taken interesting
turns. Ginny deBuys, in Lawrenceville.
NJ, has branched out from computers into
competitive intelligence research: in other
words, she's a "business spy." Lynne
Smith Crow, president of the Newark
Assn. of Life Underwriters, has been in-
vited to China to help develop insurance
programs there. David, 23, is in Chicago
looking for a "real job," Alexander (Sandy),
22, works for a greenhouse, and
Margaret, 19, is at Gettysburg Col. Judy
Dunn has returned to her "dusty word
processor's throbbing screen" for the first
time since the deaths of her mother
(Phoebe Pierson Dunn, '36) and sister in
a plane crash in '90: the children's book
due out in '94 will be the first not illustrated
by her photographer mother. Son Tyler,
with a new M.A. in political science, has
his first job at the state capitol in Albany,
Margie Fleigh, teaching 7th-grade
social studies and language arts in
Hagerstown, MD, has interesting extra-
curricular activities: last summer she vis-
ited Chaco Canyon in NM, took a Harville
Hendrix workshop in NYC, and was a sum-
mer camp arts and crafts counselor. She
spends spare time at Yogaville, a yoga
community in Buckingham, VA: her paint-
ing thrives Nancy Lynah Hood, who
heads services in Oxford (libraries, mu-
seum, archives. Centre for Oxford Stud-
ies), fears changes in local gov't may
prompt a new career. She sees Kathleen
Stevenson Turner on visits to Charles-
ton. Intrepid photographer Dottle Norris
Schipper was photo guide last summer
on a trip to Turkey, which included sail-
ing around the Turkish isles and working
with a "dangerous looking guide straight
out of central casting" - but with a Ph.D.
in linguistics and antiguities. Recollec-
tions of C.C. all the way! Kathie Arnold
Reed maintains her adventurous spirit
and peripatetic ways. Having found two
wonderful places to live (Aspen for 10
years, Santa Fe for the past 16), she la-
ments their discovery by the "beautiful
people," of which she claims not to be one.
So she now plots regular escapes - to HI
for Christmas and Africa to track gorillas.
She hoped to see us at reunion unless she
met King Kong. Nancy Hall Green and
Holcombe are busy with their weekly com-
mute between Atlanta and NY, where
Nancy sees Christie Calder Salomon
and Frances Hanahan, who still sells
real estate. Son Holcombe works for Sam
Nunn in DC. and Frank is at NYU. The
Greens own a farm in Provence, and plan
to restore the 17th-cent, house and grow
grapes, sunflowers, and olive trees.
Many of us are watching children grow
up or adjusting to the empty nest. In Look-
out Mtn , TN, Mollie Johnson Nelson,
our able member of the SBC Board of Di-
rectors, still does too much volunteer
work, chases children (Alan at Princeton,
Cynthia still home), and maintains the
house ("falling apart faster than I am"). In
May '93 the Nelsons went to England,
stayed at the former home of Lord Asquith,
and explored Cotswold villages: they went
to MT in July and to Sea Island after
Christmas. Kathy Hsu Jeong and den-
tist husband Gary, in the Oakland hills,
celebrate their 25th in '94. Matthew is a
Stanford biology major and Genevieve a
Dartmouth English major. Kathy works on
DNA product development for Roche
Molecular Systems, volunteers with
Chinese-American service organizations,
and spends time in San Francisco with her
father, former Taiwan ambassador to South
Vietnam who still gets grateful calls from
refugees he helped flee the Viet Cong, In
'93 the Jeongs visited gardens in London
and southern England, gathering inspira-
tion for their rhododendron garden. Susie
Glasgow Brown rejoices at the Nashville
real estate boom now that Allen Jr., 24, is
back at Vanderbilt doing an MBA and
Happy, 20, is at Mercer U. Barbara Keith,
26, works in London. Genie Johnson
Sigler and Bill, who celebrated their 26th
with a cruise, enjoy having daughter Beth,
a CPA, back in Little Rock. But the year was
a sad one: Genie lost her father (husband
of Eugenia Peek Johnson, '35). In Manhat-
tan Hedi Haug White and Tom cel-
ebrated their 25th 10/93: they look fonward
to the economic recovery and to Tim's trips
home from Wheaton Col. In Pinehurst, NC,
Sue Deasy Maguire is CEO of Maguire
family activities and a member of the
Moore County Nursing Home Advisory
Committee Pam Larson Baldwin is
happy that son Roe III, 27, who runs a tour
business, and wife Sherry, a teacher, are
back in Lynchburg. Claudia, 23, an
EKG technician in ER, will enroll in a
physician's assistant grad. program: Peter.
1 9, is at Hampden-Sydney. Pam and Mon-
roe chaperoned new teenager Sarah and
her group on a trip to England and for 5
years have taken church youth groups to
work on the Mexican border. Pam sells
Doncaster, and she and Monroe are active
in the state medical assn, Fran Mallory
Meyers' son Charlie works for Frantz
Medical in Mentor, OH, Jim is at U, of
Colo, and Mallory Ann at W&L. Fran vol-
unteers at Holden Arboretum and Newbury
Garden Club, takes a Bible class, and plays
tennis: her husband is a lawyer in Cleve-
land Dona Van Arsdale Jones has 2
children -; home: Emily, 15, who worked
on a Nevada Piute Indian reservation last
summer and Tim, 12, who attended com-
puter and tennis camps. Dona took her
mother on a nostalgic visit to her home-
town. The Joneses went to Nantucket last
summer and planned a ski trip in '94. Af-
ter 20 years as a DC. lawyer, Carleton is
now president of a company: Dona plays
tennis and volunteers at the children's
schools Margaret Thouron Harrell, in
Wilmington, DE, for the past 4 years, has
a son at Davidson and another ready for
college. Business manager for Trinity
Church, Margaret also runs Checks and
Records, a service she began for those who
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can't handle their personal finances; hus-
band Paul runs Security Archives, a record
management company. Penny Writer
Theis sent news of classmates and their
offspring Dagi Stoll Murphy's son Pe-
ter studies opera in grad. school; daugh-
ter Kristin is at Bucknell, Linda Overly
Levengood's children range Irom 10 to
17, and Nelie Clarke Tucker has 6, the
oldest married, the youngest only 9. Penny
and Stu's 2 sons are out of college and Gin-
ger is at U.Va.
Many of us agree with Tina Piatt
Kemper, who fears the business of edu-
cating children will never cease. Fourd is
at U.Va, law school and Christine at the U.
of OR for an MFA in poetry (both are Duke
graduates); IVIichael is at Sewanee, Tina
keeps busy with the Kempers' Bath County
farm, her new rose garden, birdwatching,
and being a flower show judge for the Gar-
den Club of VA. She looked forward to
rooming with freshman roomie Angle
Whaley LeClercq at reunion Ann
Harwood Scully's daughter Elinor works
hard in grad. school at Penn while
Malcolm (U.Va. '93) takes a break to "surf,
ski, and subsist on waiters' wages" before
grad. school in '94. Ann enjoys the end of
the recession and a decent real estate mar-
ket in Washington. Doots Duer Colen
reports that Jennifer Leach, after a year as
a paralegal, entered law school. Doots and
Joe love their waterfront retreat on MD's
Eastern Shore Clarita De Kent Bhat,
whose 2 daughters plan to go on in medi-
cine and pharmacy after college, laments
that her teaching job brings more kudos
than raises Tina Patterson Murray still
teaches English as a 2nd language in the
City U. system; daughter Renee Sands, 23,
doing a master's at Columbia in reading
disabilities, teaching and curriculum, fol-
lows her lead V.M. Del Greco Galgano
sent a picture of her gorgeous grown up
children; Robert, 23, in grad. school at
Wm. & Mary, David, 20, at U.Va., and
Laura, 17, in the midst of the "college ap-
plication trauma." V.M. still teaches math
at Harrisonburg H.S. and James Madison
U., and Michael teaches history at JMU.
Adrienne Ash and daughter Summer,
with whom we still share Orioles tickets,
have also spent the year with SAT's and
application forms. In Aug. Adrienne went
to Gdansk on business for the Nat'l Assn.
of Homebuilders, then visited her brother
and old friends in Berlin. Last Aug. Wally
and I met Marsh Metcalf Seymour.
Jack, and younger son Randle (Princeton
'93, with a sr. thesis on Beowulf) for a jolly
dinner in downtown DC, Randle spent this
year teaching English and studying Chi-
nese in Macao but plans to return to the
U.S. for grad. school in medieval studies.
Older brother Peter is at Stanford getting
an MBA. Marsh, who swims daily and
looks slim and wonderful, headed the
reaccreditation comm. at her school; she
continues to paint and to binge on Proust.
Last Oct Claire Hughes Knapp returned
to SB for the first time since '64 and spent
the next weekend with me to finish off the
visit. Happily divorced, Claire is in her 9th
year as Pittsburgh coordinator of the
Children's Miracle Network Telethon; son
Bill is in grad. school at Ohio State and
Wendy's at Pitt. Claire reports she's "work-
ing hard to raise money in these tough
times, write a skit for reunion, keep up with
friends, get money for our class gift, and
control the hot flashes. Ain't none of it
easyl" Finally, it is my sad task to report
the sudden death from septicemia of
Linda Long Curran 4/21/93. To Linda's
husband, her children and stepchildren we
send our deepest sympathy.
In 2/93 Wally and I attended a Wm.&
Mary conference on liberal arts education
featuring speakers from the leading U.S.
colleges and universities; we were pleased
and proud to find that the most eloguent
and persuasive champion of the liberal arts
was Barbara Hill, We have ourselves a fine
president! Last June we spent 10 glorious
days in Ireland, tracking Yeats, looking up
Garry roots, and getting wet. then on to
Norway for 2 economics conferences and
some fjord cruising. Last tall 9 of us gath-
ered at SB to plan the reunion; our fear-
less leader JoAnn Soderquist Kramer,
Adrienne Ash, Ginny deBuys, V.M.
Del Greco Galgano, Claire Hughes
Knapp, Mollie Johnson Nelson, Bar-
bara Little Chuko, Lynne Smith Crow
and I. We soon found that, in spite of 30
years, age cannot wither us nor custom
stale our infinite variety. As for the rest,
only our hairdressers know for sure.
1968
President; Percy Clarke Gwinn
Secretary: Lynne Gardner Detmer
Fund Agent: Cecilia Bryant
Greetings! These are the official class
notes, edited for the magazine. I hope that
ALL of you received the unedited, PG-rated
version sent in Feb. If you didn't, then let
me know!!! Lorna Allen Sorley contin-
ues to enioy her work as Chief Financial
Officer for Northern Trust Bank of TX.
Christina Bacchiani Schieffelin is a
certified personal trainer and works in a
local gym. She and Lindsay are very in-
volved with their boys' Parents Assoc.
Barbara Baur Dunlap and Charlie had
an interesting trip to Mexico during the
Perot/Gore debates on NAFTA and "were
embarrassed by our country's lack of
knowledge about a very progressive Mexi-
can government." All 5 children are doing
well at different stages of life. Andy
Beerman Sonfield works with Bob in
their furniture business in Hilton Head,
Gene Bilbro Kennedy moved to FL and
loves it. She is teaching riding and recently
got a horse Lesley Bissell Hoopes
"has yet to discover what it would feel like
to be an empty-nester," even though both
children are off to college and prep school.
She has increased her involvement at the
Metropolitan Museum and is in charge of
training the 50 new volunteers in the Edu-
cation Dept. Husband Toby left "The Bank"
and is pursuing a second career. Franny
Bonney Jenner is "still" a children's li-
brarian. She and Doug travelled to Japan
last summer. Pam Boyd Daniel is now
in Jacksonville, FL, after 3 years in Lon-
don Stephanie Bredin Speakman was
elected to Sweet Briar's Board of Directors.
Our congratulations to her! Melinda
Brown Everett has started a national
catalog venture. "Angels Everywhere". She
continues as PR Director for the Medical
Center of Mass. Cecilia Bryant and Ri-
chard went on safari in Kenya and cruised
"a la Cleopatra" down the Nile - "our
minds filled with vivid images, special
moments, and the memories of a lifetime."
She is a Jacksonville attorney in corporate
and business law. and does a great deal of
civic work. Kate Buster spent another
wonderful summer in Aspen hiking for
pleasure and as a Nature Guide. In Oct.
she climbed to the summit of the
famous Maroon Bells (14.156'). This win-
ter she was in HI for a couple of mos where
she planned to hike on Kauai. Anne
Cabaniss is in Tybee Island, GA. work-
ing as a freelance commercial film pro-
ducer Laura Campbell Walker says
that "despite what you read in the paper,
things are good in Miami!" Laura is
principal of an elementary school, and
vacations in Highlands. NC. each summer.
She keeps in touch with Sandy BIynn
Staniar Mary Cantey Dunn is Picture
Editor for Entertainment Weekly. She and
Toby divide their lives between NYC.
"where rare spare time is devoted to the-
ater, opera and ballet, and Essex, CT,
where gardening and sailing take over."
Percy Clarke Gwinn owns The Beehive,
a gift shop m Alexandria. VA. Kate
Delano Condax had another of her books
published this year. Dogs /I to /joins an-
other good seller of hers. Horse Sense:
Cause and Correction of Problems. Candy
Connard Low is a private tutor at Blair
Academy in NJ. Sandra Ann Cook re-
ports that she graduated Irom Tulane
in 1968. She is an attorney in Dallas.
Katherine Cooley Maher s children are
all doing well Cherry Dean Gallagher
and Dan are "enjoying their empty nest."
Cherry is a mental health counselor at
Hope Haven Children's Clinic, She and
Dan stay busy running, biking, skiing, and
now diving and rock climbing! Amanda
de Coligny has two lull time stores in
the Amherst-Lynchburg area. Francie
deSaussure Meade and Dave have
moved again, this time to Fort Drum, NY.
Mary Donaldson de Figard continues
in medicine in a small group family prac-
tice Suzanne Edinger Boas is president
of Consumer Credit Counseling Service,
a non-profit agency that provides educa-
tional programs on money management,
budgeting, and wise use of credit. She is
also on the Board of Directors of the At-
lanta Interfaith AIDS Network. Suzanne
Evans Reeves has retired as a volunteer
and graphic and interior designer to devote
her time to painting. Francine Frate
McNeill teaches h.s. math and "finds it
both rewarding and challenging (the stu-
dents - not the math)," Both David and she
referee soccer as well as instruct others to
be referees Lynne Gardner Detmer and
Jim |ust bought a small slice-ol-land-with-
view in Williamsburg, VA. where they hope
to relocate in a year or so. Sara Granath
is in her native Sweden where she works
with book distribution. She is pursuing
post-graduate studies in Theatre. From
Mary Gross; "Same job. same condo.
but I did have to renew the cat." Judy
Harbottle Maselli moved to Denver.
She's back in the lab doing kidney research
with the doctors she worked with 20 years
ago. She and daughter Kate miss San
Francisco, but agree that it was a good
move. She is enjoying the winter rest from
her new garden. Libby Harvey continues
as President of her chemical analysis and
consulting firm. She is also very active in
Petaluma, CA. civic organizations, includ-
ing the Disaster Council and the Red
Cross. Katie Hemphill is an attorney in
NC Pembroke Herbert Kyle and Bill
bought a house in Nantucket. They regu-
larly see Sally Lawrence Watkins on
the island each summer. Pern's business
has expanded, with 15 American history
textbooks in the past 3 years. Pem. Nancy
Hickox Wright, Frances Kirven
Morse, Susan Somerville Menson.
and Lynne Gardner Detmer had a won-
derful time at the MA picnic at Joanne
Patton's house. Pem and Frances see each
other regularly at Boston Symphony con-
certs Anne Hinshaw Vanderweil saw
Chris Kulczycki and Pat Mountrey on
Nantucket last summer. Carter Hunter
Hopkins continues her hectic schedule at
Sweet Briar. Conover Hunt is in Dallas
in a Victorian duplex "that eats money like
a 500' yacht," She specializes in putting
together new museums and major exhibi-
tions Jacky Israel Blakeslee is Assis-
tant to the Program Coordinator at First
Step School, a school for the developmen-
tally delayed. Laura Ives Braun married
Charles, an attorney, and became an M.D,
in '93. She is doing her Residency in Neu-
rology at Northwestern Univ. in Chicago.
Elaine Jenks Emerson caught us up on
her life since SBC. She's been married for
24 yrs. to Terry Emerson; she's lived
abroad for 20 of those years. "We had a lot
of adventures-camel rides in Egypt,
bouncing through the High Atlas moun-
tains of Morocco, rock climbing in Cen-
tral Europe, camping in Greece, sailing the
Aegean." Kendra (now 9) is "the greatest
adventure of all." They have |ust moved
from Izmir. Turkey to Naples, Italy, where
Terry is the principal of the American High
School, Elaine is working full-time again
"in the world of CD-ROM, interactive
video, LANs, and distance learning." She
really enjoyed learning about fellow gradu-
ates in the expanded news last summer.
Barbara Johnson Prickett is "still
heavily involved with SBC events and
fundraisers in Atlanta. When I think about
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all that I still do and want to do for Sweet
Briar, I can't believe ttiat I have not attended
a reunion!" Other volunteer activities in-
clude the Board of the Atlanta Botanical
Garden, V.P. of her GCA Garden Club,
R.E.A.C.H. (formerly the Cerebral Palsy
Center), American Cancer Society, her
Civic Association, and lots of politics All
is well with her family. Anne Kinsey
Dinan and Terry closed their restaurant
last year. Terry is looking at options in the
food and beverage field, while Anne works
at a law firm Frances Kirven Morse is
still trying to finish her doctorate in edu-
cation before she's eligible for Medicare."
Concurrent to putting together a disserta-
tion proposal, she's been having fun
assistant teaching several courses at
Harvard, most recently in advanced statis-
tics courses. She and John conduct their
church's children's choir, "an enthusias-
tic, if not talented, group of 18 first through
fourth graders, mostly boys!" They had a
wonderful summer vacation in N. Califor-
nia. Deirdre Leiand is a teacher and a
ranger at the IVIartin Van Buren Historic
Site in Kinderhook, NY. Micki Liskin
Leader is a part time outreach coordina-
tor. Long Island U. and World Book IVIan-
ager. She is on the Board of Education and
Community Relations Council. Suzanne
Little Jones and Robert moved to Hous-
ton, TX Sophie MacKenzie Belouet
would love to see SBC'ers when they are
in Paris. She works full time at the OECD
(the international organization dealing with
economics) in computers and communi-
cations. She just finished a 3 year commit-
ment as Sr. Warden of the American
Cathedral of Paris. Tenia Macneil ful-
filled her New Year's wish of last year, pur-
chasing a house on Potnero Hill, a 2
bedroom cottage with a big view of the San
Francisco skyline and the Bay Bridge.
Linda IVIallon Krulwicli teaches an as-
tronomy course in conjunction with gram-
mar school Pamela McConnell Post is
a tutor-writer at the Penn School in Con-
cord, MA Marilyn Meyers Buckey is
Executive Vice President of W, E. Wright,
a company which administers and invests
assets for a group of trusts and partner-
ships. She is on the Board of the Rotary
Club of Akron, the Old Trail School, and
the Women's Board of Akron General Med.
Center. The bank of which Penny Oliver
Hawkins is president is about to merge
with PBS of IVIinneapolis. Sally Paradise
Ingber saw Barrie Trimingham Van
Dyck in the grocery store at Vail; and
C'Anne Anderson and Pam Burwell
Benton during Princeton graduation.
Sally is "still a CPA but am now more in-
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